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(MAY YOU NEVER BE THE) CHILD OF A REALIST
Words and Music by Robert Andrew Wagner
May you never be the child of a realist.
May you never learn to calculate the odds.
May you never need apologize to your mother or your father
for honoring the gifts bestowed by God.
May you never be a play-it-safe apprentice
'cause they've told you since you're born, "Dreams never pay."
May you never be the shining little namesake of a realist.
May you never think you're better off that way.
May you never think you're better off that way.
May you never walk the altar with a realist
Who decides that childish things be put away.
A second car, a second job, a second mortgage, second thoughts—
The bills will be the least of what you'll pay.
May you never wake to realize you've grown up,
slightly overworked and overweight.
May you never slide that ring upon the finger of a realist,
A realist who believes that dreams can wait.
A realist who believes that dreams can wait.
May your mirror never show to you a realist,
Always level-headed, always sane,
Who knows the dollar-value of a hard day's work
And carries an umbrella if it rains.
May you never trust the doubters who advise you,
Who say it's wise to give yourself an out.
May you never tell your children you're a realist
When you're just a broken-hearted fool who sold yourself to doubt.
You're just a broken-hearted fool who sold yourself to doubt.
May you never feel alone and isolated.
May you someday take a worthy lover's hand
Who will stand with you and lift you up and share with you
The happiness that only other dreamers understand
That only other dreamers understand
That only other dreamers understand
That only other dreamers understand