verse 1:
I could be king of kings ; wear a crown and all the things
I’d want I’d never need.
I’d be an ace in an aeroplane and every year I’d fly to Spain.
If I could get the nerve to plant the seed.

chorus:
Oh, tell me how to say goodbye.
I see her face in myself.
Why, tell me why I made her cry
If only had my mind on something else.

verse 2:
Captain of the submarine beneath the icebergs never seen.
A hero with a medal for ev’ryday.
I find me fame,reach the top.
I keep on pushing never stop.
If I could just forget her name.

chorus:

end:
If only had my mind on something else.

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You know I love getting up in the morning
When the sun first strikes the trees
All the morning birds that sing above
Still bring back memories
Of a girl who stood beside me
When the rights I did were wrong
But she went back down the river
Just when I thought I could be strong
When I thought I could be strong, so I sing

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She never told me why she left me
But the letter say goodbye
Now my mornings are for wond’ring
And my nights to reason why
Why a stranger comes to steal the love
Of a girl I had to hold
But she went back down the river
Just when I thought I could be strong
When I thought I could be strong, so I sing

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