Key: A major
Verse 1
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This is a song with a story
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which for me illustrates the undying,
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relentless loyalty and faith which a mother has for her son.
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About 9 or 10 years ago,
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there's this boy in Norfolk called Dino,
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he's running around with a
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shotgun,
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holding up some post offices,
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he got caught eventually red -handed.
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I remember the cops said to him,
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what did you do that for?
You've never done anything wrong
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be fore in your life.
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He said, I just wanted to be somebody.
Well he was that,
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Little did he know.
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His mum said, wasn't my Dino,
he wouldn't do such a
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thing, couldn't be Dino.
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day job.
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His dreams are in his motorcycle
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He swears he's gonna sort them out
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Gonna break into a bank if he surrendered
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Imagine the shame
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I just wanna be someone, anyone
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But I wanna be a star for a week or two
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Just wanna be someone, anyone
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That'd be complete
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week
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like a hero on D -Day.
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He's a good boy in his heart,
but a fool
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he'd rather be at home or in school
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I just wanna be someone, anyone
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But I wanna be a star, but I'm not too
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I just wanna be someone, anyone
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I'd be complete if I could be a star
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what's this death wish you're talking about?
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Like any other teenage kid I
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I just wanna be someone, anyone
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But I wanna be a star for a week or two
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Just wanna be someone, anyone
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I'd be complete if I could be a star
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I just wanna be someone, anyone
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But I wanna be a star for a week or two
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Just wanna be someone, anyone
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I'd be complete if I could be a star for
Outro 1
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