| Now, I’m not talking tough
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| Telling the truth ought to be enough
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| I’ve had my share on the darker side
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| Sitting and starring at a TV screen
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| Racking my brain over all the things
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| If I’d just been there
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| I could have tried things to do
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| I can’t help but think of more
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| I could fill my life wothout ever leaving home
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| I could see the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
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| And even build a few more of my own. |
| (If I had a mind to.)
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| Quit my job never mind the pay
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| Maybe go figure out the CIA
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| Chase the paper and pass the bar
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| Show Iacocca how to build a car
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| Jump up and run a three minute mile
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| Sit around and watch my baby smile
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| That’s what I might do, if I had a mind to
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| No, I don’t wanna blow my horn
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| No telling how many souls I’ve worn
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| And what kind of shoes, when I had shoes
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| I’m still losing a bridge or two
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| But the troubled water’s gonna run on through
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| You can’t always win, but you can always lose
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| But I don’t turn my head for things that pass me by
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| And I’m gonna have a look around
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| I could gather all the diamonds in the sky
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| Hold every one and never leave the ground
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| If I had a mind to
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| Fly through the eye of a hurricane
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| Freeze my body like David Blaine
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| Be the first to find life on Mars
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| Go up and sell a few candy bars
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| Climb a rainbow and kiss the sun
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| Walk on the moon when the day is done
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| That’s what I might do, If I had a mind to
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| Somewhere someone’s doing everything I’ve said
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| I don’t have to do anything, I could do it in my head
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| If I had mind to
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| Sail away and be Jacques Cousteau
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| Or the Crocodile hunter on a TV show
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| Be the king of the one night stand
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| Front the Coral Reefer Band
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| Ski Colorado where there ain’t no snow
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| Plant a tree and watch it grow
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| That what I might do
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| Go out and buy me a suit and tie
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| Go to work everyday and be a regular guy
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| Smoking big cigars all day
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| Be the President of the USA
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| Get a tattoo and bleach my hair
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| Open a window and breathe the air
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| That’s what I might do, if I had a mind to… |