**Capo 1** 
 
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I knew this kid, his name was Michael 
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He was only four years old 
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We sat on a rock and started talkin' 
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And he told me things I didn't know 
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He said yesterday he was an Indian 
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And how he played with buffalo 
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Well I got a sense that he had been there 
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And he made me really wanna go 
 

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Remember waitin' all year for December 
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Thought God was cryin' when it rained 
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And that the stars were fireflies 
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Dreams were real and big as life 
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It was foreve | --r everyday  
 
 
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I was tuckin' in my little girl 
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She held my hand and we said a prayer 
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I prayed, "Bless Grandma with the angels." 
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And she said, "Hey Mom , she's standin' over there." 
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Well, I couldn't see her but I don't doubt it 
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Maybe 'cause I'm older and less wise 
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What if Heaven?s all around us 
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But only seen through children?s eyes 
 
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They say when you're old you're a child again 
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But do we have to wait 'till the | ------n  
 
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     Forever... I knew this kid, his name was Michael