Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Stephen Stills
Canonical path: /stephen-stills/4-and-20
Related lyric paths: 6
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4 And 20
Read 4 And 20 lyrics by Stephen Stills on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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4 And 20
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Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
the son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor and he wasn't into selling door to door
and he worked like the devil to be more.
A different kind of poverty now upsets my soul
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know- why am I so alone?
Where is my woman can I bring her home? Have I driven her away? Is she gone?
Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast. I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.
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Stephen Stills performs "4 And 20", and this lyric page sits inside the Stephen Stills catalog on LyroVerse.
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