When I met my hero   © John Palme 1989   	        

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1.  I cried like a baby     the night I met my hero.
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    He was a songwriter from long ago.
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    Didn't draw a big crowd.       Didn't play all that well.
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    But I was in heaven just to be there.

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    Whoa,   whoa,   whoa

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refrain:  When I met my hero, whoa, whoa.
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          I was like a young boy
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          running up the front walk showing off a new toy.

               
2.	When I met my hero, he vanished into thin air.
	Suddenly was human didn't want to stare.
	Asked him for his autograph.
	Ran out of small talk after that.
	Stood there like a rube with nothing to say.

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3.	Thinking 'bout my hero, lying on the cold floor.
	Listening to a tape I got after the show.
	I got on his mailing list.
	He hasn't played here ever since.
	Just left me this tape for a day like today.

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