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Intro/Pre-chord:

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream

At Barker Street Bus Station every night

When I tried to get it on she just looked at me with scorn

My courage turned to fear and I took flight

For those looks they seemed to say you ain’t nothin' go away

You’re just some face in some crowd so I walked home and I vowed

I'm gonna be somebody someday

Her name was Irene Wilde Oh such beauty for a child

When she started dating boys I nearly died

Well I could not barely stand seeing anyone hold her hand

I thought I'd have to crawl away and hide

In my mother's Sunday room I’d compose so many tunes

They was all the same just a frame for the name and just to say

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I'm gonna be somebody someday

Wild was your name, I soon left that country town

I’ve been around, I've seen some things,

I’ve seen some ups, I've seen some downs

Smile through your shock as you hear your name outloud

I’s that face in the crowd

I didn't dig it I'm much too proud

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for that dream

At Barker street bus station non-affair

At the time it seemed so sad but it didn't turn out bad

if she hadn't turned me down I'd still be there

Well I think most folks agree

A little put-down makes them see

they aint the chain they're just a link

and thats why she made me think

I'm gonna be somebody, be somebody, be somebody – someday

Fade to end