Lyrics of I wouldn't let it go

I was just a boy
A rough and restless child
All skin and bones and thistles
A tough weed growing wild
Someday i'd be an astronaut
And make my way up to mars
But i was like a monkey
With my hand stuck in a jar

I was holding on to something
That i couldn't make my own
At times it seemed so hopeless
But i wouldn't let it go
No i wouldn't let it go
No i would not let it go

Once i took a penny
Placed it on the track
When the freight train flattened it
I couldn't change it back
I was never lost
In my little town
But i remember hoping
That someday i'd be found

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