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Your Life as you know it is over

I ran into a friend of mine I hadn't seen since high school
I said, how ya doing, he said, I'm doing fine and how about you.
I said I met a girl, fell in love, and we're about to be wed
He shook his head, and smiled at me and this is what he said.

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Your life as you know it is over, you're throwing it all away.
You're giving up all your freedom. Everything's gonna change.
Why'd you go and do a crazy thing like that? Say goodbye to the old days.
Your life as you know it is over, you're throwing it all away.

Well I said goodbye and he did too and we went on our way
A couple of years went by then I saw him at a red sox game.
He said, what's up I said, I'm bought a house complete with a pool and shed.
He shook his head, smiled again, and this is what he said.

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A year later, I was in CVS, in the baby aisle
I turned around; he was standing there, wearing a big smile
My arms were full of diapers, and Destin He just shook his head.
I think you can guess exactly what he said.

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Well I joined the witness protection program, changed my looks and name
Just to get away from that friend of mine, but one day a letter came
He married a girl with two mortgages, 6 cats and 12 kids.
He regretted saying those things to me and doing what he did.

The letter said,

My life as I know it is over, I threw it all away
I gave up what I thought was freedom because I was afraid of change.
Things are different but so much better than the old days.
My life as I know it is over, I wouldn't have it in any other way.