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Long nights, no sleep My life’s down and deep Weekends, no cash No party, no bash Too much bills And life kills Inflation, expenses Empties my purses No birds, No love Life’s like a hot stove Incentives, Pay hike Not enough to buy a bike Darkness, no light Never been in a flight Maintenance and house rent These days I avoid the restaurants Hard work, tiring days Doesn’t give good pays Poor health, high stress My life has become a mess No speed, no cars At night, I glance the stars No smoke, no drinks Slowly my ship sinks No friends, no play Some enemies do slay To God I pray Not to make my hair grey Bad days, cruel boss My profession goes for a toss High tax, bad loans Almost I look a clown No gifts, no luck In the middle, I’m stuck Vacations and Beaches Far out from my reaches No US, No UK Right here I am not OK Dull life, no colours All day, painful hours No Dollars, No Euros I’m

Nervy thoughts, swinging moods Tonnes of accumulated unrest and feud Every minute when death waits While panic attacks take the bait No color, no joy No love for me boy No hope and no success Fully doped in the recess You don’t get dreams because you don’t sleep Pain and struggles drown you deep Cries and lament, makes you creep You don’t live because you don’t sleep There’s nothing left for me in this life God has been cruel and created strife I couldn’t clear the mess around me When depression caught, and pulled me inside thee Never was there a moment of happiness No source available at my end to harness Oh, this life is taking me down And slowly I lose control and drown You don’t fly because you don’t sleep Betrayals and breakups drown you deep Failure and void, makes you creep You don’t live because you don’t sleep Deprived of sleep for months Anxiety filled me throughout Left with no more strength Waiti