Stronger From the Strain

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Stronger From the StrainHer brother's watchin' SpongeBobas she packs up his lunchboxand finishes the morning choresshe's had to be the motherto her lonely little brotherever since her parents' divorceher teachers were afraidthe stress would hurt her gradesbut working harder made her smarternow she gets straight Asshe's stronger from the strainturning loss into gainwhen times get hardit pulls some apart at the seamsbut others fightfor life inside and that meansthey'll be stronger from the strainstronger from the strainhe could feel his whole world endwhen he saw his girlfriendat his bedside at Walter Reedhe cursed his new prostheticand wished that army medicwould've left him there to bleedthen she spoke with tears and a touchhe's more than the man he wasshe was proud and now somehowtheir lovewas stronger from the strainturning loss into gainwhen times get hardit pulls some apart at the seamsbut others fightfor life inside and that meansthey'll be stronger from the strainstronger from the strainresist the road of least resistancepower comes from persistanceso when this world pushes youpush back and you'll pull throughstronger from the strainturning loss into gainwhen times get hardit pulls some apart at the seamsbut others fightfor life inside and that meansthey'll be stronger from the strainstronger from the strain(c)2005 Robert George