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When I Was A Boy

from Life Without Home (2000) by Dan Frechette

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When I Was A Boy

When I was a boy
I had many heroes
Never met them all
but I knew them by heart
Well I read their books
I even looked like them
and my folks they say one day
I'm going to live like them

First there was Simon
Then came Dylan
I read Sandburg
I sang Cohen
And I knew them
But they never knew me
I was just another fan
With just another dream.

I'll make you proud, ma
I'll make you proud, pa
Just give me a little time
and I'll meet those heroes and I'll
Be on the big screen
A poet who's books you'll read
a singer whose songs you'll sing
Man, I'll be everything.

Now I'm 29
And I've put those days behind
Those were just big dreams
Insecurites
But I still read their books
And I still look like them
and my folks they say one day
I'm gonna live like them.

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from Life Without Home (2000), released October 1, 2000

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