Just The Other Day
I remember when I turned ten. Seems Like yesterday
Daddy took me fishing and then the folks sang happy birthday
Mamma made me a big white cake, marshmallow bunnies on the top
My sister scared me with a toy snake. I bet I drank a gallon of pop
The other day I was ten. Lord, if I could do it all again
My biggest crime was to waste my time
Just the other day I was ten
Snowball fights, staying over nights with my best friend Willy
Monster show on the radio always scared us silly.
My dog woke me up with a lick on my face. I had a two dollar catcher’s mitt
Red Rover, Red Rover, come on over, anybody by my goal is it
Funny thing about the party that fall, most everyone’s gone but me
The only way I can hold them at all is in my memory
It all goes by in the blink of an eye, there’s no going back again
Kiss the ones you love and tell them why
Just the other day I was ten
If I had my way today I might be a billionaire
But I heard of one who weighed forty-eight pounds
And was scared to comb his hair
I don’t want a Nobel prize or to be a great leader of men
Don’t want to be a star you idolize.
All I want to be is just ten
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