Dropkick Murphys

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Paying My Way

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Paying My Way

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Wake and pray

Work all day

I walk past the places that I used to lay

Now I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

Some days are hard

Some days are long

Some days I'm weak

Some days I'm strong

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

My hopes are so much higher

Don't count me out

I'm a survivor

I'd chased these dreams down city streets

Dead end rows and no one sees

And I am proud to be a fighter

Don't shut me out

Don't hold me down

I'm right here

I'll be around

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

Some days are slow

Some days fly by

Some days I laugh

Some days I cry

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

I'm paying my way

My hopes are so much higher

Don't count me out

I'm a survivor

I'd chased these dreams down city streets

Dead end rows and no one sees

And I am proud to be a fighter

When I look back and see your sign

When I look hard into your eyes

When I take stock of what I've done

I think about how far I've come

My hopes are so much higher

Don't count me out

I'm a survivor

And my hopes are so much higher

And I am proud to be a fighter

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