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We were sitting 'round the table
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At the Tuesday poker game
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Solvin' all the problems of the world
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Tryin' to draw an inside straight
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When Jimmy posed the question
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As he played a pair of kings
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"If you could be anyone in this whole world
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Who would you be"

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Would you be Elvis shakin' up Memphis
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Makin' all the young girls scream
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Would you make a speech that would change the world
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Like Martin Luther King
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Go down in history like Abe Lincoln
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'Cause you set a country free
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If you could be anyone in this whole world
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Tell me, who would you be

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Hank said "I'd be a cowboy
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Someone like John Wayne"
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Donny said, "Hey pilgrim
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Blow that cigar smoke the other way"
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Said he'd make a million dollars
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Pitchin' in the major leagues
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Then he stared straight into Paul's bloodshot eyes
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And said, "Who would you be"

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Would you be John Lennon, can you imagine
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Givin' hope with just a song
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Would you be the Babe pointin' that bat
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Saying, "This one's going long"

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Maybe Moses partin' the waters
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Saying, "Children, follow me"
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If you could be anyone in this whole world
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Tell me, who would you be

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Well, I knew those boys would roll their eyes
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When they heard what I had to say
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But I shuffled the cards, said, "Dueces wild"
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And I told them anyway

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I'd be a father who had all the answers
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To every question my kids had
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I'd earn every word on that coffee cup
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That said, "World's Greatest Dad"
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Be a perfect husband to that woman
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Who means everything to me
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If I could be anyone in this whole world
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That's who I'd be

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