Boy Like Me/Man Like You

"You was a baby like I was once

You was cryin' in the early mornin'

You was born in a stable Lord

Reid Memorial is where I was born

They wrapped You in swaddling clothes

Me they dressed in baby blue

But I was twelve years old in the meeting house

Listening to the old men pray

And I was tryin' hard to figure out

What it was that they was tryin' to say

There You were in the temple

They said You weren't old enough

To know the things You knew

Well did You grow up hungry

Did You grow up fast

Did the little girls giggle when You walked past

Did You wonder what it was that made them laugh

And did they tell You stories 'bout the saints of old

Stories about their faith

They say stories like that make a boy grow bold

Stories like that make a man walk straight

And You was a boy like I was once

But was You a boy like me

Well I grew up around Indiana

You grew up around Galilee

And if I ever really do grow up

Lord I want to grow up and be just like You

Well did You wrestle with a dog and lick his nose

Did You play beneath the spray of a water hose

Did You ever make angels in the winter snow

And did they tell You stories 'bout the saints of old

Stories about their faith

They say stories like that make a boy grow bold

Stories like that make a man walk straight

Did You ever get scared playing hide and seek

Did You try not to cry when You scraped Your knee

Did You ever skip a rock across a quiet creek

And did they tell You stories 'bout the saints of old

Stories about their faith

They say stories like that make a boy grow bold

Stories like that make a man walk straight

And I really may just grow up and be like You someday"