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[Pre-Intro]
[Intro]
[Folk Male and Female duet Vocal]
[Male vocal]
Verse 1
I did exactly what you told me to do, every step laid out plain and simple,
waking before the sun, swallowing the day before it could argue back,
keeping my mouth shut, showing up sick, sore, and already tired,
because you said that’s what responsibility looks like from where you stand,
and year by year I gave you my back, my knees, my time, my patience,
trusting that when I was finally done, there would be something left for me.
[duet female voice and male voice]
Chorus
You say nobody owes me anything after I’ve paid into everything my whole life,
you say that’s just how the world works, like weather or gravity,
as if nobody signed the laws or benefited from where it lands,
and it always lands hardest
on the people who can’t afford to fall.
it always lands hardest
on the people who can’t afford to faaall.
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[female vocal]
Verse 2
You took money out of every check before I ever learned how to miss it,
called it protection, planning, a future I was supposed to feel safe about,
told me not to worry, told me it would all make sense later on,
but the price of everything kept rising while my pay stayed exactly where it was,
and when I reached the age you told me to wait for,
all that was waiting was paperwork and excuses.
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[duet Male and female voice]
Chorus
You said work hard and be patient and everything would balance out in the end,
but the end kept moving while the bills showed up right on time,
and now rest has a cost I can’t afford
and you keep asking why I didn’t plan better
for rules you kept rewriting.
rules you kept rewriting.
[Malle voice]
Verse 3
Don’t talk to me about discipline when my whole life has been run by clocks,
don’t lecture me about sacrifice when I traded evenings, weekends, and years,
you explain the system from clean rooms with microphones and applause,
while I explain my pain to doctors, managers, and forms that don’t listen,
and somehow we’re both speaking the same language,
but only one of us gets believed.
[female voice]
only one of us
only one oooof uuuussss
[duet female and male]
Chorus
You say nobody owes me anything after I’ve paid into everything my whole life,
you say that’s just how the world works, like weather or gravity,
as if nobody signed the laws or benefited from where it lands,
and it always lands hardest
on the people who can’t afford to fall.
it always lands hardest
on the people who can’t afford to faaall.
Outro – acoustic guitar + stand-up bass + sax
[male voice]
I’m not lazy, I’m not confused, and I’m not asking for charity,
[female voice]
I’m asking why a lifetime of doing exactly what I was told
ends with me still clocking in, still hurting, still explaining myself,
[duet female and male voice]
while the sax cries low behind me
and you tell me
this is the best we can do.
[duet female and male voice]
people who can’t afford to fall.
people who can’t afford to faaaall.
Details
GeneratedDec 22, 2025
Duration5:04
LanguageEnglish
Style
Nice country duet, country, ballad, acoustic guitar, folk, folk rock, acoustic pop
Credits
Prompt byFunhouseRadio
ModelAria v5
