Once I was a young man

I thought I knew it all

Hardly did I realize

I was headed for a fall

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Life the consummate teacher

I had a lot to learn

I did my best to pass the test

But often crashed and burned

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So, the lessons kept on coming

And I the eager one

Never to be daunted

Surely I am my father's son

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Trials and tribulation

The tutors of my past

Never ceased to amaze me

How they could last and last

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The student in me cried

The lessons were not wasted

I tried and tried and tried

But life was barely even tasted

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You see,  life teaches us survival

For it is the nature of its being

You sweat, you bleed, you cry

But those emotions are fleeting

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The fact that you are alive

The purpose of instruction

To live, to love, to learn

The ultimate seduction

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Seduced by life's experiences

It's the lessons of your youth

The goal remains as it always has

For you to relish in it's truth

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