The Great Wall of China

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 Hey, hey
 Advice is cheap you can take it from me
 It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free
 Nobody knows 'bout the trouble I've seen
 Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean
 It costs too much and takes
 Too long to find out too late
 Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken
 Your role was protective
 Your soul was too defective
 Some people just don't have a heart to be broken
 We could have gone all the way to the great wall of china
 If you'd only had a little more faith in me
 In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
 All the king's men and all the king's horses
 Can't put you together the way you used to be
 We could have been standing on the great wall of china
 Hey, hey
 You take a piece of whatever you touch
 Too many pieces means you're touching too much
 You never win if you can't play it straight
 You only beat me if you get me to hate
 It must be so lonely
 To think that you have only
 Somebody else's life to live if they let you
 I ain't too selective
 But it don't take no detective
 To find out how fast your friends will forget you
 We could have gone all the way to the great wall of china
 Now all you're going to be is history
 Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the empire diner tonight
 You coulda had class, you coulda been a contender
 Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me
 You could have been standing, standing on the great wall of china
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 This was not your calling
 Just look how far you've fallen
 I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking
 Keep things in perspective
 This is my true objective
 Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken?
 We could have gone all the way to the great wall of china
 If you'd only had a little more faith in me
 In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
 All the king's men and all the king's horses
 Can't put you together the way you used to be
 We could have been standing, standing on the great wall of china
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