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[00:16.25]I was born an only child
[00:21.60]On a warm Jersey night.
[00:29.71]My mother was a dressmaker,
[00:35.14]My father drove a truck
[00:39.60]My family never was much good
[00:43.24]When it came to money-luck... no.
[00:46.82]Me and my best friend took to stealing
[00:59.57]When we were only 16.
[01:03.11]And one year in the county jail
[01:05.83]Made a man out of Tommy and me.
[01:11.22]We caught the train to New York,
[01:22.93]We thought we were so tough
[01:26.51]We started fighting for quick cash,
[01:30.14]We decided we didn't need the money that bad.
[01:38.38]We were the runaway children
[01:45.50]Always lost in the dark
[01:50.98]Trying to forget where we came from,
[01:53.68]Trying to make a new start.
[01:58.15]Oh, but it was so hard.
[02:08.94]Earned my first honest dollar
[02:11.69]Workin' at the mill outside of town
[02:16.14]Tommy went elsewhere
[02:19.81]Never did like the sound of a poor man cryin'.
[02:27.99]Tommy got mixed up with people,
[02:36.05]The kind of people you just don't get mixed up with
[02:40.52]And they beat him so bad, he...
[02:44.12]He almost didn't live to regret it... but he did.
[02:49.54]Uh, thank God he did.
[02:56.78]We were the runaway children
[02:59.44]Still lost in the dark
[03:02.18]Trying to forget where we came from
[03:08.54]Trying to make a new start
[03:13.04]Oh, but it was so hard... so hard... it was just so hard.
[03:30.19]But Tommy moved eight years ago
[03:33.79]Out to Las Vegas
[03:38.35]Now he sweeps the floors in the casinos
[03:42.84]Oh, and he gambles when he's able.
[03:45.51]When will he ever learn?
[03:48.23]When will he ever learn?
[03:51.86]And me, I went back home,
[03:57.35]Oh, and I made it just in time
[04:00.05]To say I'm sorry for what I'd done
[04:05.40]Right before my mother died.
[04:09.96]Now I drive a truck
[04:22.50]Just like I swore I never would,
[04:26.19]But I need the money worse than I need the luck.
[04:30.66]I know my old man just did the best that he could with what he had.
[04:36.09]It's funny the things we finally learn how to have of
[04:41.57]We were just runaway children
[04:46.02]Lost in the dark
[04:48.73]Trying to forget where we came from
[04:55.57]Oh but we never, we never made it that far... never made it that far.
[05:06.36]Oh, but it's still so hard... it's still so hard.
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