Had you told me when I was young that I was going to become a poet.
I said I had never met a living poet.
I would have been Musee Des Beaux Arts.
Line 4 I did not know who the Old Masters are.
Line 5 I walk dully along.
Refrain 1 Had you told me when I was young that I was going to become a poet.
Line 7 The ideas are interesting and a bit complex.
Line 8 Unobtrusive end rhymes.
Refrain 2 I would have been Musee Des Beaux Arts.
Line 10 Is the usefulness of classical learning logic?
Line 11 I know now that’s what my mother said.
Refrain 1 Had you told me when I was young that I was going to become a poet.
Line 13 We play Scrabble and I always win.
Line 14 Look at the tulips in the yard and I know every leaf and flower.
Refrain 2 I would have been Musee Des Beaux Arts.
Line 16 It is the rhythm of syncopated music.
Line 17 We are fascinated.
Refrain 1 Had you told me when I was young that I was going to become a poet.
Line 19 Sometimes you have me scream at people on the street.
Line 20 I never understand I am at the office.
Refrain 2 I would have been Musee Des Beaux Arts.
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