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Rick rack, rickety rack |
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See the train go along the track |
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When I grow up I want to be an engine driver |
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But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. |
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My father says that I must always work on the land |
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And I never disagreed when I'd see him lift his hand |
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Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade |
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That I could fill my house with the things that I had made. |
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Rick rack, rickety rack |
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See the train go along the track |
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When I grow up I want to be an engine driver |
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But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. |
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I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like cryin' |
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Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I'll keep on tryin'. |
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Rick rack, rickety rack |
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See the train go along the track |
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When I grow up I want to be an engine driver |
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But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. |
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My brother says that I must pay attention at the school |
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Because I've never won a prize, he thinks that I'm a fool |
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Teacher always asks me why I look so far away |
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It's just that I find nothing in the words he has to say. |
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Rick rack, rickety rack |
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I'm leaving home and I'm never coming back |
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I'm on my way to be an engine driver |
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But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. |