Bonnie Prince Billy - The Way I Am (Mekons cover) lyrics

rate me

Wish I was down on some blue bayou

With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand

But the road I'm on don't seem to go there

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am

Wish I enjoyed what makes my living

Did what I do with a willin' hand

Some would run, but that ain't like me

So I just dream and keep on bein' the way I am

The way I am, don't fit my shackles

The way I am, reality

I can almost see that bobber dancin'

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am

And I guess I grew up a loner

Don't remember ever having any folks around

So I keep thumbing through the phone books

And looking for my daddy's name in every town

And I meet lots of friendly people

But I always wander leaving on the land

Hey, where I've been, where I'm born didn't take a lot of knowing

And I got a lot of questions about the way I am

The way I am, don't fit my shackles

The way I am, reality

I can almost feel the tatooist needle

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am

Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining

I'm just talking to myself man to man

And I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am