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Introduction:
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Jim Morrison, Miami County Prison,
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lookin' out the window at the barbed wire fence
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Singing "This ain't for me, this rock and roll scene.
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I should be writing poetry on a farm out in France.
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"Cause I can't see through the darkness. I can't feel no pain.
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Seems you lose your spark when you achieve your fame.
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I could start it all over, I could escape.
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If I could only make it to twenty eight
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If I could only make it to twenty eight."
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Janis Joplin, one foot in the coffin.
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Left that field a-rockin' and she walked on out the door.
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She put her head in her hands, she said "I've given all I can.
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I drain myself for these fans. I ain't never been this dry before.
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"But Imma move out of this Chelsea Hotel, stop drinking all the time.
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Stop blowin' Leonard Cohen and listening to him whine.
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Cause I know I am beautiful, I will prove it someday.
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If I could only make it to twenty eight.
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If I could only make it to twenty eight."
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And Kurt Cobain sat in his shed in the rain,
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stomach full of pain, eyes growin' dark.
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He said "I'm losing control. Ought to move down to San Francisco,
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light candles at all of my shows and switch to acoustic guitars.
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"Cause this world don't need no more tension and hate.
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Needs a reason for these kids to stand up and create.
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And I could pull this trigger, or I could just walk away,
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if I could only make it to twenty eight.
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If I could only make it to twenty eight.
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If I could only make it
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If I could only make it."