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When
I was ten years old, got my first guitar
Saved up some money, bought it at the K-mart
It wasn’t nothin’ fancy, just a blue light special
But that’s all you need, to make believe you’re Elvis
All my childhood friends used to pretend
What they were gonna’ be, when they were men
Some were baseball stars, others were cops
My brother was a trucker, and part-time astronaut
CHORUS:
I knew what I was gonna’ be
I was gonna’ play and sing
They’d hear me on the radio, and watch me on T.V.
That’s what I was gonna’ be
Had my own stage, out in the garage
Had just enough room when we backed out the Dodge
Told the neighborhood kids, I was puttin’ on a show
Promised them cookies, just to make sure they’d go
BRIDGE:
When I was in high school, I didn’t play sports
When it came to athletics, I came up short
Me and some friends we had our own band
We’d play after the ballgame, when they had a dance
CHORUS:
I knew what I was gonna’ be
I was gonna’ play and sing
They’d hear me on the radio, and watch me on T.V.
That’s what I was gonna’ be
It’s been twenty years since that first guitar
I still play music, but I’m not a star
I spend my days in a factory
Gotta’ have a steady check for my family
CHORUS
2:
On the weekend you’ll find me
Holding on to a life long dream
I play in a local band, sometimes we play for free
I’m a weekend wanna be
Weekend wanna be |
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