What do you wanna do when you grow up?
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The teacher had asked me
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Well, I'd like to sing for people
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So their hearts feel a little less sad
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I wanna see myself in thirty years
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On a stage facing my crowd
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To share love and all my pain
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I was far from the brightest
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I didn't get ten out of ten very often
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My math teacher, Mr. Mèche-Vent
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Says I'm just a fraud
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That with life, with time
I'll probably end up on welfare
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I close my eyes, I picture myself on stage with you
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I've made myself promises
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That my heart remembers
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The one my moons reveal to me
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To bring my childhood dreams to life
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My guidance counselor
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Wants to steer me into construction
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And when I talk to her about my songs she kindly tells me to stop
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There's no future in it anyway, she says in a discouraging tone
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You'd better keep both feet on the ground
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And then when I get home
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I hear my parents arguing
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What are we gonna do with this boy?
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Leave him alone, he's just a kid
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Nobody pays attention
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To what I really long for
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I've forged a mindset no doubt can stop
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I've made myself promises
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That my heart remembers
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The one my moons reveal to me
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To bring my childhood dreams to life
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The more people tell me that
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Or that I'm not like them
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That I gotta do what's written in the books
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But stubborn as I am, I just do what I want
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I've made myself promises
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That my heart remembers
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When I aim at the top
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I wanna follow my star
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The one my moons reveal to me
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To bring my childhood dreams to life