I Want To Be Like Him by David Haerle Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Kelly Jackson was the big man of Troop number 10
He and his brother Riley, no one gave lip to them
The PCT's two thousand six hundred plus miles,you know
Well, they walked each mile, they loved the wild, and Kelly was my hero

[Chorus]
I thought, I want to be like him
Yes, I want to be like him, I do
I want to be like him
Yes, I want to be like him

[Verse 2]
In a pristine High Sierra camp, a big ole' mess we found
Kelly led us after some fellows who'd left trash all around
Well, our Heracles he faced them and he sure laid down the law
He may have been just 5'10” but Kelly Jackson sure stood tall

[Chorus]
I thought, I want to be like him
Yes, I want to be like him, I do
I want to be like him
Yes, I want to be like him
[Bridge]
Heroes can be, the greats from history
Or even a cowboy from the silver screen
But to grow up with one, the lottery you've won
Yes, I surely was one lucky teen
One lucky teen
One lucky teen

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
When we get older, most of us, we come into our own
But who we are is the sum of the lessons we've been shown
Are you a little like your heroes, whoever they may be?
I'd like to think that I have got a bit of Kelly Jackson in me

[Refrain]
So maybe, I'm a little bit like him
I'm a little bit like him, maybe
I'm a little bit like him
Yes, I'm a little bit like him
I'm a little bit like him
I'm a little bit like him, maybe
I'm a little bit like him
I'm a little bit like him, yeah
[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
La na na na na na na na na
La na na na doo doo
La na na na na na na na na
La na na na doo doo
La na na na na na na na na
La na na na doo doo
La na na na na na na na na
La na na na