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  • When I was 16 my father said

  • You can do anything you want with your life

  • Just be willing to work hard to get it

  • That's when I decided that when I die

  • I want to be remembered for the life I lived

  • not the money I made

  • Hey, once upon a younger year

  • When all our shadows disappeared

  • The animals inside came out to play

  • Hey, when face to face with all our fears

  • Learned our lessons through the tears

  • Made memories we knew would never fade

  • One day my father he told me

  • Son, don't let it slip away

  • He took me in his arms, I heard him say

  • When you get older

  • Your wild heart will live for younger days

  • Think of me if ever you're afraid

  • He said, One day you'll leave this world behind

  • So live a life you will remember''

  • My father told me when I was just a child

  • These are the nights that never die

  • My father told me

  • When thunder clouds start pouring down

  • Light a fire they can't put out

  • Carve your names into those shining stars

  • He said go venture far beyond these shores

  • Don't forsake this life of yours

  • I'll guide you home no matter where you are

  • When day my father he told me

  • Son, don't let it slip away

  • When I was just a kid, I heard him say

  • When you get older

  • Your wild heart will live for younger days

  • Think of me if ever you're afraid

  • He said, one day you'll leave this world behind

  • So live a life you will remember

  • My father told me when I was just a child

  • These are the nights that never die

  • my father told me...

  • There are the nights that never die

  • My father told me

  • My father told me

When I was 16 my father said

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    Johnson posted on 2017/07/08
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Keywords

matter

US /ˈmætɚ/

UK /'mætə(r)/

  • verb
  • To be of great importance; to count
  • noun
  • Material all things are made of that fills space
  • Problem or reason for concern
slip

US /slɪp/

UK /slɪp/

  • noun
  • Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
  • A field position in cricket
  • A quick escape or become free from something
  • Combination of clay and water, used in pottery
  • Occasion when something grows worse or drops lower
  • Minor mistake
  • Thin women's underwear to go under a dress
  • verb
  • To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
  • To escape or become free from something
  • To move from one state to another, usually worse
  • To slide out of place or fall to the ground
  • To occur or pass rapidly
  • To put something in a place quietly and secretly
fade

US /fed/

UK /feɪd/

  • verb
  • To cause to lose brightness of color
  • To lose strength or freshness
pour

US /pɔr, por/

UK /pɔ:(r)/

  • verb
  • To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
  • To make something flow in a steady stream
  • To rain very heavily
  • other
  • To flow or cause to flow in a steady stream.
  • To devote or apply (oneself or energy) purposefully or wholeheartedly.
  • To express one's feelings freely.
  • other
  • To rain heavily.
  • To come or go in large numbers.
guide

US /ɡaɪd/

UK /ɡaɪd/

  • verb
  • To help or advise someone about something
  • To control missile to hit a target by radio signal
  • To lead people visiting a new or unknown place
  • Show or direct the way; influence the behavior or development of.
  • noun
  • Book or a magazine containing information/advice
  • Person leading others visiting an unknown place
  • A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around.
  • A book or pamphlet that gives information about a place.
  • A device or structure that directs or controls the movement of something.
  • other
  • To show someone the way to a place.
  • To influence someone's behavior or thinking.
venture

US /ˈvɛntʃɚ/

UK /'ventʃə(r)/

  • noun
  • (Business) activity involving calculated risks
  • A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
  • verb
  • To risk something, such as money
  • To face the dangers, take the risk of something
  • To say something; to dare to speak your mind
  • Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.
  • adjective
  • (Business activity) taking chances or risks
  • other
  • To risk (something) on a chance.
  • To express (something) tentatively or cautiously.
  • other
  • To dare to do something or go somewhere.
wild

US /waɪld/

UK /waɪld/

  • adverb
  • In a manner which lacks control
  • adjective
  • Living in nature; not tame
  • (Of land) not developed by people
  • noun
  • A natural environment e.g. jungle, forest
leave

US /liv/

UK /li:v/

  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere
  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • A period of absence from duty or work, especially when granted permission.
  • other
  • To go away from a place.
  • other
  • To allow something to remain in a specific place or condition.
  • To cause someone to be in a particular state or condition.
  • other
  • Permission to be away from work or duty.
  • Remains of food.
decide

US /dɪˈsaɪd/

UK /dɪ'saɪd/

  • verb
  • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • To make a legal judgment in court
  • to affect the result of something
  • To choose something, especially after thinking carefully about several possibilities
  • To officially choose something after a legal process.
learn

US /lɚn/

UK /lɜ:n/

  • verb
  • To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.
  • other
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.
  • To find out something.
  • To find out something.
  • other
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.