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REO Speedwagon: Live in the Heartland
At Charter One Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 23, 2008 / Soundstage Series

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00:00And when they say it's been a good deal
00:13I know I'll see better days
00:17Some things that shouldn't have been going on around here
00:22Been going on anyways
00:24See, I was face down in a pool of my own self-pity
00:28Gotta pick myself up and get out of this city
00:32Gotta leave before I hurt someone
00:37See, there's a place somewhere I'm gonna find
00:44Where to make it feel safe and leave it all behind
00:48Gonna get away, have myself a little fun
00:53Cause you can knock me down, run me over
00:58Back up and run me down again
01:02And you ain't the first I've been treated worse
01:06Guess I ought to be more careful
01:08Choosing my friends, now you can leave me cold
01:11I'll recover
01:12Say nasty things about my mother
01:16Hey, you can beat me, mistreat me
01:19Guess who'll be smiling in the end
01:22Been playing in bed since I was a kid
01:27Always part of the brotherhood
01:30But a lonely, holy child
01:35Only barely understood
01:38See, I was told I'd never make it
01:41So many times before
01:43The best and the brightest
01:44Have shown me the door
01:46But the more they try to hold me back
01:49The stronger I got
01:51Yes, I did
01:53They said my songs were too simple
01:56My voice was too weak
01:57I was too young, too dumb
01:59Too much of a freak
02:01But they thought they could write me off
02:04But there's something they forgot
02:06Those who can knock me down
02:10And run me over
02:12Back up and run me down again
02:15And you ain't the first
02:18I've been treated worse
02:19Guess I ought to be more careful
02:22Choosing my friends, now you can leave me cold
02:25Will I recover
02:26Say nasty things about my mother
02:30Now you can beat me, mistreat me
02:33But guess who'll be smiling in the end
02:36I won't say I ain't had my share of good luck
02:44Hey, good luck is mine
02:50If you say it ain't enough
02:53No, it ain't enough
02:55Cause you can knock me down
02:57Run me over
02:59Back up and run me down again
03:02Hey, you ain't the first
03:05Baby, I've been treated worse
03:06Guess I ought to be more careful
03:09Choosing my friends, now you can leave me cold
03:12Will I recover
03:13Say nasty things about my mother
03:17You can beat me, mistreat me
03:20But guess who'll be smiling in the end
03:23Guess who'll be smiling in the end
03:26Guess who'll be smiling in the end
03:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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