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Artist: Alison Krauss
Canonical path: /alison-krauss/i-don-t-have-to-live-this-way
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I Don't Have To Live This Way
Read I Don't Have To Live This Way lyrics by Alison Krauss on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Don't Have To Live This Way
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I been up and down before
Grief won't hold me any more
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way
Thought I loved you for awhile
You were loaded up on style
Talk is cheap but I won't play
I don't have to live this way
No I won't play the games that you've designed
And I won't wait to listen to your lines
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way
You won't stay another night
Or did you want another right
Now I've got the eyes to see
You get your kicks by hurting me
No I won't play the games that you've designed
And I won't wait to listen to your lines
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way
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