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I was told to be a man was build defences strong
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Keep your woman in her place and she?ll keep hangin? on
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Now I?ve grown to realise my life?s been filled with lies
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A tread I?ve been hangin? on has broken in her eyes
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If I could let my heart be known in spite walls so high
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I might taste those bitter tears that I?ve never learned to cry
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But I?ve got a pa-ast like a mask
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And I can see it in her face, the many years I can?t erase
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A broken heart I can?t replace in spite of what I try
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But I?ve got a pa-ast like a mask
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And I sure took my time to understand
When I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well