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[00:20.00]You cant control what life presents you
[00:23.23]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[00:25.25]And at times, yea we’ve all played the fool
[00:30.30]Dust yourself off and just do you
[00:33.33]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[00:36.36]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[00:40.40]It all started 5/30/74
[00:43.43]I came into this world I was wanting more
[00:45.45]Yea mom stayed home dad had a j.o.b
[00:48.48]But even in G ville man it wasn’t enough cheese
[00:50.50]So we packed a Uhaul, hit 95, up to NY, LI, when I was about 5
[00:56.56]10 months to the day my dad broke out to f LA
[00:59.59]and mom and I stayed in a one bedroom apartment
[01:02.02]no dad on the first day of school
[01:04.04]mom had to work a job just to buy food
[01:06.06]thank god for pop pop always stopping by
[01:09.09]mom had pride but needed help just to get by
[01:11.11]I cried every night for months when my father left
[01:14.14]Looking back yea man yo it’s for the best
[01:16.16]I had to put this down on paper for me to use
[01:18.18]CL, and the history of deacon blue
[01:20.20]You cant control what life presents you
[01:23.23]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[01:26.26]And at times, yea we’ve all played the fool
[01:31.31]Dust yourself off and just do you
[01:34.34]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[01:37.37]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[01:40.40]Now im a grown man with a family of my own
[01:44.44]To get to where im at it’s a long road im still on
[01:46.46]Motivated is how I got here today
[01:49.49]Knuckleheaded, yea man I paved my own way
[01:51.51]I listened to no one when I should’ve take advice
[01:54.54]Went back to school when I was a dad with a wife
[01:56.56]Held a 9 to 5, some called it a career
[01:59.59]If it wasn’t for mom and EJ I probably wouldn’t be here
[02:02.02]Age old wisdom, things I could’ve seen
[02:04.04]Now I don’t have time for dad who had no time for me
[02:06.06]I'm a man I keep it moving life is short you see
[02:09.09]To my kids I am who my father could never be
[02:11.11]I call it how I see, yea its like that
[02:14.14]Too late in the game man we cant get those years back
[02:16.16]I still remember the record, you gave to me
[02:20.20]Yea my favourite song, deacon blue
[02:21.21]You cant control what life presents you
[02:24.24]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[02:27.27]And at times, yea we’ve all played the fool
[02:32.32]Dust yourself off and just do you
[02:34.34]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[02:37.37]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[02:41.41]You cant control what life presents you
[02:44.44]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[02:47.47]And at times, yea we’ve all played the fool
[02:52.52]Dust yourself off and just do you
[02:54.54]Keep it moving man one day you’ll make it through
[02:57.57]Set your goals high be sure to stay true