PALM OF MY HAND

 

 

MANY MANY YEARS AGO
WAY BACK IN MY TEENAGE YEARS
REALLY THOUGHT I WAS SOMETHING
BETTER THAN ALL OF MY PEERS
BACK THEN I HAD IT ALL PLANNED
THOUGH STILL WET BEHIND THE EARS
NOW I'M HERE LOOKING BACK IT
WAS NOTHING LIKE IT APPEARED

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BUT THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN
I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL
RIGHT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND
OH OH OH OH
YEH THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN
I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL
RIGHT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND

NO CONCERN FOR TOMORROW
THOUGHT I'D SET THIS WORLD ABLAZE
NEVER ONE TO FOLLOW RULES
I WAS SO FULL OF SELF PRAISE
ALWAYS LIVING FOR THE NOW
WHEN IT REALLY WAS A DAZE
THE THINGS I'D TRY TO FEEL COOL
NOW ONLY SEEM TO AMAZE

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(SOLO)

YOU LIVE FAST OR DIE TRYING
BACK THEN IT WAS MY MOTTO
JUST RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND
WITH NO CARE FOR TOMORROW
I FELT LIKE A MILLION
BUT I HAD NOTHING TO SHOW
I WAS LIVING ON THE EDGE
BUT THEN HOW WAS I TO KNOW

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THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL
RIGHT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND

WRITTEN BY
Roger Penkethman

15/12/2006

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