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It was a normal thing, You must understand, We didn’t know a difference A constant flow of law by hand Forced to live in deference. It was a normal thing, The tight shut doors, The ‘play fights’, And the screaming, To hide yourself wrapped up in prayers,  In wishes and in dreaming, It was the normal thing, To hide your legs when in the car, So he couldn’t reach when beating, No one said wrong so it must have been fine After all mother wasn’t leaving. It was the normal thing, To pray she would, To believe you could run away, Although it was bad it must hav...

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