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Light Me a Cigarette
  You took everything I owned away,
  Made me feel like a stray,
  Lets face it,
  It’s a trap,
  Pitiful me,
  Must seem like,
  I’m kind of crazy,
  At the same time,
  You left me in the dark,
  About so much,
  Was I just another anonymous,
  Arrogant,
  Emotionless,
  Backstabbing,
  Fighter?
  I’m a fighter,
  Light me a cigarette,
  I’m not okay,
  Actually the opposite,
  Light me up,
  If you want me to talk,
  If you want me to talk.
  I’m a fighter,
  I am made to run,
  I am supposed to hunt,
  If you want me to last a lifetime,
  You've gotta give me the answers I have been searching for,
  Accept who I am,
  Who I am willing to cease to be,
  Light me a cigarette,
  Let me live on my own two feet,
  If you want me to be me,
  Pour me a drink,
  Because I am dying on the inside,
  All of your jokes that made you laugh,
  Made me cry one thousand times,
  If you want me to react like I am okay,
  Light me one cigarette,
  And let me live my life,
  I just want you to let me fall,
  Don’t catch me,
  I need to learn who I am,
  Who I want to be.
  I’m lost at sea,
  Sail a boat of correct over to me,
  My life has bad decisions as the anchors,
  I just want to begin again,
  Blow the match out,
  Stick the cigarette in the dirt,
  I am not that girl anymore,
  I have finally found the crown that shapes my head,
  No one is gonna stop me,
  I am so done playing dead,
  Don't light me a cigarette anymore,
  I am standing on my two feet,
  Ruling the crowd.
  Twenty years later,
  My lungs shut down,
  I wanted to breathe,
  I wanted to recollect how,
  I remembered back to my teen age hell,
  I went through a pack a day,
  The damage never went away,
  Even when I thought I threw my past away in the well,
  It stayed with me,
  I am still in hell,
  My lungs keep shutting off,
  The doctors think this is my last view of life,
  I am through with the anchor of bad decisions,
  You are the following generation,
  Take my mistakes,
  Turn them around,
  Use the anchor to create a new idea,
  You can rule,
  And turn the earth back round,
  I rest this responsibility in your arms,
  Fulfill these duties,
  My dear child,
  Do not get lit,
  And throw your life away,
  In a smoke,
  Stay alive,
  For just one more day.

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