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This is the little thing he does during D:

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They wanted me to be a lawyer
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They wanted me to work in a machine shop
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They wanted me to be a designer
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But I came out on top
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I'm a fire-man. I'm a fire-man

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Stand and watch the smoke
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See the flames rise to the sky
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I stand and watch the flames climb higher
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I feel the smoke get in my eyes
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I'm a fire-man. I'm a fire-man

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