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\"
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
'Cause you set a country free
If you could be anyone in this whole world
Tell me, who would you be
(Same progression as above)
Hank said \"I'd be a cowboy
Well, I knew those boys would roll their eyes
When they heard what I had to say
But I shuffled the cards, said, \"Dueces wild\"
And I told them anyway
I'd be a father who had all the answers
Yeah, that's who I'd be