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[00:11.45]I wanna be the worlds best lover
[00:13.70]I wanna be on every cover
[00:16.07]I wanna be the flying man in the Cirque du Soliel
[00:20.69]But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be
[00:30.45]I wanna be like Serpico
[00:32.79]a freedom fighter down in Mexico
[00:35.53]a black man in the fifties south
[00:37.21]See what fake white freedom was all about
[00:40.45]I wanna 'recon' in vietnam
[00:42.31]shoot a ball like Gary Payton
[00:45.11]I wanna talk to Jesus Christ
[00:47.04]A-bomb the extreme right
[00:49.34]But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be
[00:58.74]And I see there are some things I don't need
[01:09.03]If it was up to me
[01:10.95]I'd be those things and so much more
[01:19.01]If it was up to me
[01:21.50]I'd talk to God and kick down every door
[01:31.51]I really wanna save the planet
[01:33.25]end all wars and destructive habits
[01:36.05]I wanna raise hell with the c.d.c
[01:37.98]see if all is being done about that fuckin disease
[01:40.84]I wanna be like Randy Johnson
[01:43.64]play guitar like Mick Ronson
[01:45.50]Wanna Set my sights on art collections
[01:47.68]Give Homeless people a new direction
[01:49.92]But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be
[01:59.31]And I see, there's some things I don't need
[02:10.45]If it was up to me
[02:12.68]I'd be those things and so much more
[02:20.21]If it was up to me
[02:22.00]I'd talk to God and kick down every door
[02:28.83]"I read a lot of books, mostly nonfiction. And Idon't watch a lot of TV, “
[02:34.48]But I like my Seattle sports teams.
[02:38.83]I've also seen the Cirque du Soleil Perform a bunch oftimes.
[02:42.61]There are lines in this song about a lot ofThose things I've read about or seen.
[02:47.31]It's like, "God, I wish I could Have been there. I wish Icould have done that."
[02:53.97]These are things I Think everybody wishes, insome form -- they wish they could be there." -Duff
[03:12.46]If it was up to me
[03:15.66]I'll break down every wall
[03:21.14]And let the poor have it all
[03:25.33]Ban all war if you please
[03:30.24]and end disease
[03:34.05]If it was up to me
[03:36.04]I'd be those things and so much more
[03:42.15]If it was up to me
[03:45.01]I'd talk to God and kick down every door
[03:50.52]If it was up to me
[03:53.91]If it was up to me
[04:00.14]If it was up to me
[04:05.58]If it was up to me