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Introduction:
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I guess I?d be a hero
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With sword and armor clashing
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Looking semi dashing
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A shield within my grip
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Or else I?d be a Viking
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And live a life of daring
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While smelling like a herring
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Upon a Viking ship
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I'd reach the farthest reaches
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I?d feel the wind I?d taste the salt and sea
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And may - be storm some beaches
That?s who I?d be
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That?s who I?d be
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Or I could be a poet and write a diff?rent story
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One that tells of glory and wipes away the lies
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Into the skies I?d throw it
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The stars would do the telling
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The moon would help with spelling
And night would dot the ?I?s?
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I?d write a verse recite a joke
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With wit and perfect timing
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I?d share my heart confess the things I yearn
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And do it all while rhyming
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But we all learn but we all learn
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An ogre always hides an ogre?s fate is known
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An ogre always stays in the dark and all alone
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So yes I?d be a hero and if my wish were granted
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Life would be enchanted or so the stories say
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Of course I?d be a hero and I would scale a tower
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To save a hot-house flower
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And carry her away
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I?d somehow overwhelm it
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I?d get the girl I?d take a breath
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And I?d remove my helmet
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We?d stand and stare we?d speak of love
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We?d feel the stars ascending
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We?d share a kiss I?d find my destiny
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I?d have a he - ro?s end - ing
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A perfect happy end - ing
That?s how it would be
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A big bright beautiful world
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But not for me
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An ogre always hides
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An ogre?s fate is known
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An ogre always stays in the dark All alone and I know
An ogre always stays in the dark All alone
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He?ll appear cause there are rules and there are stric
So yes I?ll be hero and if my wish were granted life would be enchanted
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tures I believe the sto ? ry ? books I
Or so the stories say Of course I?d be a hero and I would scale a
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Read by can - dle light
Tower to save a hot-house flower and carry her away
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A perfect happy ending that?s how it should be