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The Kid That Was Me

(to the tune of “My Bonnie”)



1.
I think that I need some advice from
the little kid I used to be,
‘Cause adulthood has scrambled my vision
and makes me deny what I see.

REFRAIN:
Bring back...oh bring back...
Oh bring back the kid that was me...was me
Bring back...oh bring back...
Oh bring back the kid that was me.

2.
I need a good heart-to-heart talk with
that smart little kid that I was --
To remind me the emperor’s naked
and to show me the evil he does.
(...repeat refrain...).
3.
I need him (her) to yank back the curtain --
that smart little kid that was me--
To show me the wizard’s a humbug,
so that I can leave Oz and be free.
(...repeat refrain...)
4.
That little kid knew crap from Christmas
and called a spade a spade.
That smart little kid that I once was
looked the world in the eyes unafraid.
(...repeat refrain...)
5.
Oh bring back that kid for ten minutes,
and let these eyes see how it be.
Let me face this mad world through the eyes
of that uncensored kid that was me.
(...repeat refrain twice...)


Words by Galen Green c 1989


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