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BACK WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY

I HAD A FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND I HAD SOME TOYS

BUT REALLY MORE THAN ANY THRILL OR FUN

WHAT I WANTED MOST WAS TO GROW UP

CUZ GROWN UP’S SEEM TO GET TO MAKE THE RULES

THE WHEN’S, THE WHERE’S, THE WHY’S EVEN THE WHO’S

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE NEXT THING I WAS BIG

DREAMING, WISHING, I WAS STILL A KID

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IT’S A WONDER WE GREW UP AND GOT ALONG

MAKING RAFTS & CATCHING FROGS DOWN ON THE POND

SHOULD HAVE DROWNED OR DIED A TIME OR TWO NO DOUBT

AND THE THINGS WE STILL WILL NEVER TALK ABOUT

THINKING BACK ON ALL THE THINGS WE TRIED

MOM & POP I MUST APOLOGIZE

I GUESS WE JUST BEST LEAVE IT ALL AT THAT

SORTA TURNED OUT AFTER ALL LIKE IT WAS PLANNED

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NOW GROWN UP LIFE SOMETIMES AINT ALL THAT FUN

BUT I’D NEVER GIVE MY KIDS BACK

EVEN PLAYING IN THE MUD

AND THERE’S SOME GREAT GROWN UP THINGS

THAT I WON’T SPEAK OF

BUT THAT DON’T MEAN IT WASN’T FUN ON BIKES HITTIN’ OUR JUMPS

SO WHEN THE STRAIN OF LIFE, IT REALLY HITS

THIS GROWN UP WISHES HE WAS STILL A KID

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WHEN THE STRAIN OF LIFE, IT REALLY HITS

THIS GROWN UP WISHES HE WAS STILL A KID

Jeff Ridler (BMI)