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 Meet you by the art room door

 In a circle on the hallway floor

 Teacher held you back again

 Drawing ogres in your textbook margin

Keeping your eyes down and dodging oranges

 On the bus trip home

 Every day you're battle-scarred

 You'll grow up to be a bard

 You'll grow up to be a bard

 Hurt yourself at sports again

 You're not made for mud and wind

 Limping home through quiet streets

 Sprinkler spits a snare drum beat

Kids down on the vacant block throw rocks at you

 For talking to yourself again

 Days like this are way too hard

 You'll grow up to be a bard

 You'll grow up to be a bard

You'll tell your own daughter stories

 She'll get some dice of her own one day

 They can trademark the name all they like

 It's all ripped off Tolkien anyway

 'Cause dragons and dungeons go back

 They go back a long, long way

 And they won't go away

 They won't go away

 Meet you by the art room door

 In a circle on the hallway floor

 Made up a new map last night

 It's got a dragon and a wizard fight

Once the ranger and the thief get here

 We can lock the door

 Shut the noise out from the yard

 Then we can let down our guard

 You'll grow up to be a bard

You'll grow up to...

 You'll grow up to be a bard

 You'll grow up to...

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