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Should I Stay or Should I Go


You may believe everything is perfect To me its just another smile to put on One struggle to the next is happening fast And it all started when I was eight. The choices came to leave my mom To pack my stuff and stay with grandma The court will not allow me to stay with my dad All the way in Virginia Beach I would be Should I stay or should I stay I thought Then the thought that things might change Year after year things have changed My mom was different and in some ways choleric Coming home to an angry house was normal There's nothing that can be changed Now at sixteen the choice has come again Should I stay or should I go Or is it Terry that has to go Terry is the step dad that came with the package A college degree and a nice family In a couple months they were married There began the troubles and heartaches I guess at his college manners were not taught There was no time to teach them either No one is perfect I can say that But no one should be repeatedly hurt Now I have come to the two paths Is it worth being unhappy Should I stay or should I go Maybe be the end of the month I will know I guess today I will put on a smile Only for the pleasure of others One day this will pass and the thought Should I stay or should I go
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