I Want to Be Like You

YOU’D STAND THERE BY MY MIRROR AND PRETEND TO SHAVE

YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO IMITATE EVERY MOVE I MADE

IF I PUT KETCHUP ON MY FRIES YOU ALWAYS WANTED SOME

YOUR MOTHER USED TO LAUGH AND SAY BOY YOU ARE YOUR FATHERS’ SON

THE YEARS HAVE PASSED AND NOW THAT LITTLE BOY

MORE THAN EVER IS MY PRIDE AND JOY

SOMETIMES I LOOK AT YOU AND CAN’T BELIEVE

SOMEBODY AS GOOD AS YOU COULD REALLY COME FROM ME

NOW I MAY NEVER GROW UP BUT IF I EVER DO

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU

I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU

I’VE SEEN YOU FACE TEMPTATION AND JUST WALK AWAY

THAT’S NOT AN EASY THING FOR ANYONE AT ANY AGE

YOU’VE NEVER GIVEN IN OR BOWED TO PRESSURE FROM YOUR PEERS

YOU’VE DEMONSTRATED COURAGE FAR BEYOND YOUR YEARS

YOU ALWAYS SAID I SHOWED YOU HOW TO BE A MAN

BUT SON YOUR LIFE WAS MOLDED BY A GREATER HAND

SOMETIMES I LOOK AT YOU AND CAN’T BELIEVE

SOMEBODY AS GOOD AS YOU COULD REALLY COME FROM ME

NOW I MAY NEVER GROW UP BUT IF I EVER DO

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU

I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU

NOW I MAY NEVER GROW UP BUT IF I EVER DO

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU

SON I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU