[00:03.31]Virginia Woolf and poetry
[00:04.89]No one seemed to notice me
[00:06.08]Being young was getting so old
[00:08.87]Cheap beer and cigarettes
[00:10.28]Life was like a movie set
[00:11.74]And I seemed to be given no role
[00:14.40]But in times of trouble
[00:15.65]I can turn to my mother
[00:17.01]And I know that she gon' understand
[00:19.75]So at age 18
[00:21.24]I cried to my mother
[00:22.74]And she told me, "young man"
[00:24.97]"There are moments when you fall to the ground
[00:27.65]But you are stronger than you feel you are now
[00:30.46]You don't always have to speak so loud, no
[00:34.15]Just be as you are
[00:36.23]Life is not always a comfortable ride
[00:38.86]Everybody's got scars that they hide
[00:41.55]And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah
[00:45.51]Just be as you are"
[00:48.37]
[01:11.05]They played me on the radio
[01:12.35]And everything was changing, so
[01:13.87]I thought I was all the way grown
[01:16.39]But I can still remember in that cold November
[01:19.50]When I realized I'm all alone
[01:22.09]But in times of trouble
[01:23.37]I can turn to my mother
[01:24.65]And I know that she gon' understand
[01:27.38]So at age 22
[01:29.11]I cried to my mother
[01:30.46]And she told me, "young man"
[02:18.12][01:32.72]"There are moments when you fall to the ground
[02:20.56][01:35.31]But you are stronger than you feel you are now
[02:23.42][01:38.26]You don't always have to speak so loud, no
[02:26.14][01:41.73]Just be as you are
[02:29.05][01:43.98]It doesn't matter if you become some star
[02:31.95][01:46.62]Life is better when you open your heart
[02:34.62][01:49.33]You don't always have to act so hard, no
[02:38.21][01:52.92]Just be as you are"
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