My Influence

A careful person I ought to be; A little fellow follows me. I dare not to go astray, For fear he’ll go the selfsame way. Not once can I escape his eyes; Whate’er he sees me do, he tries. Like me he says he’s going to be — That little chap who follows me. He thinks that I am good and fine; Believes in every word of mine. The base in me he must not see, The little chap who follows me. I must remember as I go, Through summer sun and winter snow; I’m building for the years to be,...