Well-Tempered Man (Original by Arco Bandera)

When I grow up I'm gonna be a monogamous man I'll be the rural, urban, white-suburban renaissance man I'll have the heart of a Lion and the tin man's back And the awkward body motions that the scarecrow has And, Dorothy, you'll be safe in my arms Never worrying when that wicked witch'll come And Toto, you know there's a basket on my handles With your name on it A place to sit And I will always be Your stranger My nameless passer by Forever When I grow up I'm gonna be a stu-stu-stuttering man And I'mma speak like a king like I know that I can I'll have the patience to wait, wait, wait For the eagles to come, come, come And when I'm on a plane I'll think of what you said to me And maybe I can fall asleep at least until my lungs give out I'm not that insane Just crazy But that's just the way He made me And at the point at which I realized it was destined to fail And I said "I don't know, get out of the way" The angel in the garden said "Where do you think you're going?" And I said "I think I'm going to stay" And the burning blade, it seared My aching lungs and beard and I don't know If it'll all be worth it but hey! At least I can say that I gave it everything that I had in me In the life of dandelions No one knows where you will fly So why not try to catch a drift To take you skyward With the moon as destination And the promise of a journey full of greatness And though I'll never make one small step for man I'll make a thousand in-between So why not try to save The whole world? Maybe I'll save one small soul And that's enough When I look down At all my scars I'll have to laugh 'Cause looking back There's even a great story For the little scratch I have on my left knuckle But it took every bit of strength To roll that boulder up the mountain Painful, each and every day But with every broken bone And dumb mistake I grew a little bit wiser What I life I had! And what a life I gave away! To be able to say "Boy, I'm so glad I didn't try to do it my way" And as a wise old man, I'll tell you Everything's not quite what you'd expect And everything I thought I'd regret Made me a well-tempered man