We were sitting round the table At the Tuesday poker game Solvin' all the problems of the world Tryin' to draw an inside straight When Jimmy posed the question As he played a pair of kings "If you could be anyone in this whole world Who would you be?"
CHORUS: Would you be Elvis shakin' up Memphis Makin' all the young girls scream Would you make a speech that would change the world Like Martin Luther King Go down in history like Abe Lincoln Cause you set a country free If you could be anyone in this whole world, tell me Who would you be?
Hank said; "I'd be a cowboy, someone like John Wayne." Donny said; "Hey pilgrim, blow that cigar smoke the other way." Said he'd make a million dollars pitchin' in the major leagues Then he stared straight into Paul's bloodshot eyes And said, "Who would you be?"
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Would you be John Lennon, can you imagine Giving hope with just a song Would you be the Babe pointing that bat Sayin, "This one's goin' long." Maybe Moses parting the waters, sayin', "Children follow me" If you could be anyone in this whole world, tell me Who would you be?
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Well I knew those boys would roll their eyes When they heard what I had to say But I shuffled the cards and said, "deuces wild" And I told them anyway
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I'd rather be a father that had all the answers To every question my kids have I'd earn every word on that coffee cup That says "world's greatest dad" Be the perfect husband to that woman that means everything to me If I could be anyone in this whole world Well, that's who I'd be Yeah, that's who I'd be