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- Walk Like a Man
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- I remember how rough your hand felt on mine
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- On my wedding day
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- And the tears cried on my shoulder
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- I couldn't turn away
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- Well so much has happened to me
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- That I don't understand
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- All I can think of is being five years old following behind you at the beach
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- Tracing your footprints in the sand
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- Trying to walk like a man
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- By Our Lady Of The Roses
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- We lived in the shadow of the elms
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- I remember ma draggin' me and my sister up the street to the church
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- Whenever she heard those wedding bells
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- Well would they ever look so happy again
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- The handsome groom and his bride
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- As they stepped into that long black limousine
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- For their mystery ride
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- Well tonight you step away from me
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- And alone at the altar I stand
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- And as I watch my bride coming down the aisle I pray
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- For the strength to walk like a man
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- Well now the years have gone and I've grown
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- From that seed you've sown
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- But I didn't think there'd be so many steps
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- I'd have to learn on my own
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- Well I was young and I didn't know what to do
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- When I saw your best steps stolen away from you
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- Now I'll do what I can
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- I'll walk like a man
-- Bruce Springsteen
I prefer the sentiment in this to that of RudyardKipling's If.