He grew up on the fringes
Of a history that hinges on those
Standing in the spotlight
At the time he thought he hadn’t got it right
In the shadow of the best
He measured his success against
Impossible dimensions
And it isn’t fair for me to fail to mention:
He didn’t always know what to do
But once he made a choice
He always followed through
He hardly ever finished in first place
Still he never dropped out
Of the race
He says he never fit
Hand in a glove
He’s the guy
You never heard of
Someone else’s hero
As someone else’s years go by
In a thousand different sizes
Fragments no one recognizes
He followed circumstances
Danced someone else’s dances
In the shadow of the sounds
Where a thousand songs are falling all around
He didn’t always know what to do
But once he made a choice
He always followed through
He hardly ever finished in first place
Still he never dropped out
Of the race
He says he never fit
Hand in a glove
He’s the guy
You never heard of
He hardly ever finished in first place
Still he never dropped out
Of the race
He says he never fit
Hand in a glove
He’s the guy
You never heard of
Must want to be the guy
You never heard of

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