| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut See the friends I made and I were
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| different from the???
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| In the school playground is where the shit starts to show
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| The other kids would play He-Man, and GI Joe
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| But why they aspired to be GI Joe I just didn’t know
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| It was kinda clear right then there were strangers within us
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| We’re more like you be Charles Mingus, I’ll be sticky fingers
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| I was a schoolboy standing in a schoolboy stance
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| Gimme some space to grow so I can try to advance
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| When I grow up I want to be an astronaut. |
| Now just because I did not become an
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| astronaut
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| That does not mean I have failed no, no, no, no, not at all
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| It simply means that the ambitions of the kids at school
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| Can be restricted and a little one-dimensional
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| We are encouraged to pick a job in which we seek success
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| Instead of thinking about what we really need for happiness
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| So our goal becomes our job title and anything less
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| Is deemed a failure and for me this is quite hard to digest
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut Anything other than that is an
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| afterthought
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| With a lot of good friends and a family to support
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| With no friends, other than the TV I bought
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| Married to the girl throughout my teens I had sought
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| Selling drugs on the side and not getting caught
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| Living out my life in a familiar home
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
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| Drained of all my life, looking tired and gaunt
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| When I grow up, I just want to roll
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| From one experience to the next without having a goal
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| When I grow up, I just want to evolve
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| Into a person not defined just by their job or their role
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| When I grow up, I just want to roll
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| From one experience to the next without having a goal
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| When I grow up, I just want to evolve
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| Into a person not defined just by their job or their role
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| When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE AN
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| ASTRONAUT When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut. |