My papa told me:
 "Just stay out of trouble.
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 When you've found your man
 Make sure he's for real".
 I've learned
 That nothing really lasts forever
 I sleep with the scars I wear
 That won't heal
 They won't heal

 Cause every time
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 I seem to fall in love
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 I find the heart
 But then I hit the wall
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 That's the call that's the game
 And the pain stays the same

 I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere
 I pass by the houses and blocks
 I once knew
 My mama told me not to mess with sorrow
 But I always did
 And, Lord, I still do
 I'm still breaking [bad word] 
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 I kick it up
 I kick it down

 Cause every time
 I seem to fall in love
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 I find the heart
 But then I hit the wall
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 That's my real middle-name
 It has always been the same
 That's the call that's the game
 And the pain stays the same

 I still feel the heat
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 (Slowly falling from the sky)
 And the taste of the kissing
 Shattered by rain
 [bad word] tumbling from behind)
 And the wild holy war
 I kick it up
 I kick it down

 Cause every time
 I seem to fall in love
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 I find the roses dying on the floor
 Crash! boom! bang!
 That's the call that's the game
 And the pain stays the same
 That's my real middle-name
 It has always been the same
 Oh yea oh yea oh yea uh-huh
 Been the same been the same
 It has always been the same