A Fond Farewell Lyrics - Someone To Tell - Ari Hest

My mother once told me 

The thicker your skin 

The better off you'll be when this world brings you down 

Well it's trying to control me 

And leave me without hope 

In the past I've been burned 

But I've lived and I've learned 

Beneath the shelter of the pouring rain 

In the absence of this fear and pain 

I will finally bid my ball and chain 

A fond farewell 

On the road that leads me to my place 

I will rid my heart of past disgrace 

I will finally bid this sluggish pace 

A fond farewell 

When I heard their reservations 

When I read their bitter words 

I shined a light upon their wisdom no matter how absurd 

And it broke my heard to pieces 

And I questioned my own beliefs 

My dignity was gone 

But it's time to move on 

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Say goodbye to feeling sorry for myself 

To begging others for far too much help 

This is my hand, these are the cards that I've been dealt 

Only I can make these changes, nobody else 

Say goodbye to those sleepless nights 

Those corridors with no end in sight 

A driven man with these words I write 

I'm making peace with my soul tonight 

[Chorus]