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After 15 years he walks out of his dead end jobs, leaves behind 2 children and a wife He wants to start all over, a second chance for a better life Going from the city to the country, what a change Never knowing what\'s next, nothing in life is pre-arranged No more Richard do this, Richard do that No more wasted moments at the laundry mat I left a note in our post office box Explaining my train of thought I said sometimes you have to go nowhere to get somewhere in life I had to sacrifice it all, that was my condition, to make things right I don\'t expect anyone to understand I needed to a nobody for a while to become a real man It has now been 10 long years this May But the guilt haunts me as if it were yesterday For mine and everyone else's sake, I need to return I can picture the smell and smoldering of the bridges I have burned My daughter 22, my son 24 They have put their past behind locked the doors I will watch them and wait til the time is right How can I expect them to forgive me after 10 years of flight They tell me to get out, mom died of cancer 3 years ago They tell me she was the only parent they will ever know I have gotten what I deserve Now the smell and smoldering have become a reality from the bridges I have burned
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