When I was just a kid, I used to wonder all the time
I had imagination and a very active mind
I played a game called Wonder If and one called Let's Pretend
I had a pirate's treasure and a fortress to defend
I made frequent visits to Venus and the Moon
I could be George Washington, John Wayne or Daniel Boone
I never feared for my life
I never feared for anything, for I could always be
Any man I wanted through the boy inside of me
I had a stack of baseball cards and I had chicken pox
I had a red bicycle, a frog and smelly socks
I had a praying mantis
I had a praying mantis
But I kept in a jar
I had a dog named Freckles
Got run over by a car
I could be Dick Tracy in my daddy's Sunday hat
I was Joe Palooka
I was this and that
I never feared for anything, for I could always be
Any man I wanted through the boy inside of me
Things slowly fell together, I grew into a man
I learned to live with politics and tie a foreign hand
I've taken on a family and paying for a home
I've taken on a family and paying for a home
So my son can have a hero of his own
And sometimes when this hero is required to show his stuff
He just calls on the stuff he learned while he was growing up
So this hero owes it all, though humble it may be
The man I am resulted from the boy inside of me
The man I am resulted from the boy inside of me