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Artist: Guns N' Roses
Canonical path: /guns-n-roses/atlas-shrugged
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Atlas Shrugged
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Atlas Shrugged
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Oh
Why should I try and judge the things they say?
They just won't budge, I'm letting go
Oh
And a shelter from the blind
So you've managed to be kind
But still enough to show me how to keep it together
When my heart's crying out in vain
No matter who's to blame
There's still ways to go
Ooh
So if you ask me to believe your heart won't follow you
It got a mind of its own
When it sits wrong and the road gets rough
And you’re the one
Whose shoulders just ain’t wide enough
Whose shoulders shrug when they’ve had enough
I'll be the last to say don't follow your heart
But there's more to what it takes to be a man
Than what you know
What you've shown
And that we know you understand
Oh
Another thing, if I were you
I would say all that I do to be half as strong
Or still belong
Oh
You should take the time to look back
At all you've thought, all your misadventures
When it sits wrong and the road gets rough
And you’re the one
Whose shoulders just ain’t wide enough
Whose shoulders shrug when they’ve had enough
I'll be the last to say don't follow your heart
But there's more to what it takes to be a man
Than what you've known
What you've shown
That's what we know you understand
I'd never said don't follow your heart
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man
From what you've known
All that you've been shown
Even now I hope you understand
I'd be the last to say don't follow your heart
But there's more to what it takes to be a man
Than what you know
What you've shown
And what we know you understand
I'd never said, don't follow your heart
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man
From what you've known
All that you've been shown
Even now I hope you understand
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