Second Nature Smile

from Seven Songs and a Conversation by Paul Needza Friend

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Daddy can't you see what the world has done to me?
They turned your happy little boy into a suicidal lunatic
And
Daddy did you know that the world was so mean ?
When you had me back then, was you an optimist or just like me?

Is this just a dream
I wish that none of this were happening
I used to know myself
I used to love myself
I used to wake up in the morning with a smile

Daddy did you think I'd ever grow up like this?
I am so angry and pissed because I'm jealous of everyone else
Daddy tell me why do we have to get old?
When I was a kid I thought that age would make things so much easier

I wish that none of this were happening
I used to know myself
I used to love myself
I used to wake up in the morning with a smile

I know that you was struggling the whole time beside me
And I know that life ain't never fair to anyone at all
I know that all you wanted was security
To make us feel like we had some kind of a home in this cold world

Is this just a dream
I wish that none of this were happening
I used to know myself
I used to love myself
I used to wake up in the morning with a smile
I used to wake up in the morning with a smile
I used to wake up in the morning with a smile

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from Seven Songs and a Conversation, released October 4, 2008

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