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When I was just a kid, |
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I used to wonder all the time. |
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I had imagination and a very active mind. |
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I played a game called "Wonder If" and one called "Let's Pretend." |
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I had a pirate's treasure and a fortress to defend. |
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I made frequent visits to |
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Venus and the |
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Moon. I could be |
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George Washington, |
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John Wayne, or |
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Daniel Boone. |
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I never feared for anything, for |
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I could always be |
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Any man I wanted through the boy inside of me. |
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I had a stack of baseball cards and |
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I had chicken pox. |
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I had a red bicycle, a frog, and smelly socks. |
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I had a praying mantis that |
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I kept in a jar. |
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I had a dog named |
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Freckles got run over by a car. |
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I could be |
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Dick Tracy in my |
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Daddy's Sunday hat. |
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I was Joe |
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Palooka. I was this and that. |
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I never feared for anything, for |
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I could always be |
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Any man I wanted through the boy inside of me. |
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Things slowly fell together. |
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I grew into a man. |
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I learned to live with politics and tie of foreign hands. |
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I've taken on a family and payin' for a home |
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And live life so my son can have a hero of his own. |
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And sometimes when this hero is required to show his stuff, |
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He just calls on the stuff he learned while he was growin' up. |
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So this hero owes it all, though humble it may be, |
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The man I am resulted from the boy inside of me. |
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The man I am resulted from the boy inside of me. |
