Who Would You Be

Who Would You Be - George Canyon

We were sitting round the table

At the Tuesday poker game

Solvin' all the problems of the world

Tryin' to draw an inside straight

When Jimmy posed the question

As he played a pair of kings

If you could be anyone in this whole world

Who would you be

Would you be Elvis shakin' up Memphis

Makin' all the young girls scream

Would you make a speech that would change the world

Like Martin Luther King

Go down in history like Abe Lincoln

Cause you set a country free

If you could be anyone in this whole world tell me

Who would you be

Hank said I'd be a cowboy someone like John Wayne

Donny said Hey pilgrim blow that cigar smoke the other way

Said he'd make a million dollars pitchin' in the major leagues

Then he stared straight into Paul's bloodshot eyes

And said Who would you be

Would you be John Lennon can you imagine

Giving hope with just a song

Would you be the Babe pointing that bat

Sayin This one's goin' long

Maybe Moses parting the waters sayin Children follow me

If you could be anyone in this whole world tell me

Who would you be

Well I knew those boys would roll their eyes

When they heard what I had to say

But I shuffled the cards and said deuces wild

And I told them anyway

I'd rather be a father that had all the answers

To every question my kids have

I'd earn every word on that coffee cup

That says world's greatest dad

Be the perfect husband to that woman that means everything to me

If I could be anyone in this whole world

Well that's who I'd be

Yeah that's who I'd be