[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well, my flesh and blood get the best of me

But there's a darkness running deeply
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Through their veins
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Can see me in their eyes
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My flesh and blood walk tall and strong

But I know when they're sad
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Sometimes that they get scared
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And it can make them blind

[Pre-Chorus]
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You see I tried to teach them how to swim
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Through waters deep so they won't drown
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To keep their heads up high
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'Cause that same water, used to drag me down

[Chorus]
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My flesh and blood and skin and bone

My hopes and dreams and love
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I cared for you
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I had to make it through
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My flesh and blood for you

[Interlude] (repeat intro melody)
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[Verse]
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Well, my flesh and blood, they're not on their own

'Cause I'm walking right beside them
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All the way
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I won't let them stray
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My flesh and blood have the world laid out
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In front of them but the path gets hard to find
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But that won't stop them trying

[Pre-Chorus]
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I know the fear is there inside my heart
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And it blocks the way inside them too
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They're gonna have to work it out
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It's the one thing that I could never do

[Chorus]
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My flesh and blood and skin and bone

My hopes and dreams and love
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I cared for you
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It's all that I could do
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My flesh and blood and sweat and toil
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And endless days, no sleep at all it's true
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I had to make it through
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My flesh and blood for you

[Interlude] (repeat intro melody)
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[Verse]
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My flesh and blood, I can see the light
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Of a new sunrise when I look into their eyes
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And I know that they'll get by
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My flesh and blood have the world laid out

Right in front of them
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And their hearts will be their guides
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And take it in their stride

[Chorus]
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My flesh and blood and skin and bone

My hopes and dreams and love
            G
I cared for you
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It's all that I could do
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My flesh and blood and sweat and toil
                                       G
An endless state, no sleep at all it's true
                 A
I had to make it through
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My flesh and blood for you

[Outro]
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(Flesh and blood and skin and bone) Oh-oh You

(My hopes and dreams and love I cared for you)
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Oh, my flesh and blood
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Yeah, my flesh and blood

Yeah, my flesh and blood
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(My flesh and blood and sweat and toil) My flesh and blood
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(And endless days, no sleep at all) Oh-oh-oh-oh
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My flesh and blood