| He said: «Hi, my name is Timmy and I’m pushin' five years old.
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| «I can count to this many, then I’ll have to use my toes.
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| «I sure am glad to meet you,
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| «Let me show you stuff that only big boys know.
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| «Now, nickels might be bigger but dimes are worth the most.
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| «Santa's always in the mall, but he lives at the North Pole.
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| «Kid stick with me and you’ll go far,
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| «'Cause I’ll show you the ropes.»
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| «In all these years I’ve learned many things,
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| «How to walk, how to talk, and make believe:
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| «So follow me.
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| «Notebook paper makes a dandy stealth fighter,
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| «And for fast get aways, we’ll take my radio flyer.
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| «And there’s Indians in the woods,
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| «Just off the porch out back.
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| «And if they attack, I’ll help ya fight 'em.
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| «With sticks for guns, me and you, until we’ve won,
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| '"Cause that’s what brothers do.
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| Mama said that you’re the reason her belly got so big.
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| And I didn’t believe her till she let me feel you kick.
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| And I don’t know how it happened,
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| I’m just glad that I have someone to play with.
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| «In all these years I’ve learned many things,
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| «How to walk, how to talk, and make believe:
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| «So follow me.
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| «Notebook paper makes a dandy stealth fighter,
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| «And for fast get aways, we’ll take my radio flyer.
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| «And there’s Indians in the woods,
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| «Just off the porch out back.
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| «And if they attack, I’ll help ya fight 'em.
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| «With sticks for guns, me and you, until we’ve won,
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| '"Cause that’s what brothers do.
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| «We'll play cops and robbers and secret agent man,
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| «And save the world from hostile aliens.
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| «With sticks for guns, me and you, until we’ve won,
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| «'Cause that’s what brothers do.
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| «That's what brothers do.»
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| He said: «Hi, my name is Timmy and I’m pushin' five years old.» |