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I am, oh, I so tired. I______ It’s not that I’m I missing out on I_____ my sleep, but I’m just I feeling older, battling I____ against all of those damned I neon signs which light up in I_________ front of me every time I attempt to do I a simple job that is clearly beyond me. I_______ Problem is, I’m not ready to get old, there are I so many things to achieve before I get there; I______ but the faster I work in an effort to outrun the future, I the more I fall behind, sweating and panting in a fury. I_________ O let me wrestle back those lazy days; the wasted years of youth I when my life seemed endless - and the only thing that worried me I______ was trips to the dentist and what new stuff my next wage would buy me I never accepting for a minute that today was never meant to be forever. I______ I could never understand the ‘live fast, die young’ mentality, choosing instead to I think longer term, but if I had my time again, I’d be James Dean in a heartbeat. I

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