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Wrecking Ball

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Wrecking Ball

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I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of jersey, some misty years ago

Through the mud and the beer, and the blood and the cheers,

I've seen champions come and go

So if you got the guts mister, yeah

If you've got the balls

If you think it's your time, then step to the line,

And bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot,

Let me see what you've got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Now my home's here in these meadowlands

Where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes

Here where the blood is spilled, the arena's filled,

And giants play the game

So raise up your glasses and let me hear your voices call

Because tonight all the dead are here,

So bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot,

Let me see what you've got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Yeah, we know that come tomorrow,

None of this will be here

So hold tight on your anger, you hold tight on your anger

Hold tight to your anger, don't fall to your fear

Now when all this steel and these stories,

They drift away to rust

And all our youth and beauty,

It's been given to the dust

And your game has been decided

And you're burning the clock down

And all our little victories and glories have turned into parking lots

When your best hopes and desires are scattered through the wind

And hard times come, and hard times go

And hard times come, and hard times go

And hard times come, and hard times go

And hard times come, and hard times go

And hard times come, and hard times go

Yeah just to come again

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball

Come on and take your best shot,

Let me see what you've got

Bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)

Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)

Come on and take your best shot,

Let me see what you've got

Bring on your wrecking ball

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