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Side Effect
Hey there.
You coming to the show?
Why are you holding your arm like that?
You're lovely, you know!
What's that?
You don't want me to see?
Roll up your sleeve;
is that where your cuts be?
Oh, don't do that...
help it won't...
I've tried it before...
It's better if you don't.
It's all a side effect,
you know,
life ain't no roadside show.
it's a road, the beaten trail
and along it you must prevail
don't give up,
because the bad
is nothing but a side effect
of the good.
Come on,
Let's get you some lotion.
We'll heal up those scars
it doesn't take, like, a magic potion.
Can you be happy?
Be happy with me.
Right now I witness pure sadness;
It's not the lovely you I see.
Now, are you better?
Let's go to that dance.
Turn on your smile,
'Round and 'round we shall prance.
It's all a side effect,
you know,
death of life
the bad of the good
the rich and the famous
of the neglected and misunderstood
it's a road, the beaten trail
and along it you must prevail
don't give up,
because my happiness
is only a side effect
of yours.
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