I keep on knocking on closed doors.
Keep on searching for another lost cause.
I can see inside… but I know it’s not for me.
Though I’ve dotted the “I’s” and I’ve crossed the “T’s”
I may have said yes, now but I wish I’d said no!
So which part of me stays and which part of me goes
Is it the self-believer or the negative fool?
Or the one who obeys, or the one who breaks the rules?
The mischief-maker, or the plastic-saint? …
For I am what I am and I ain’t what I ain’t!
I keep on walking in dead-end streets.
Forever a talking and a shuffling my feet.
Unable to see your point of view.
I’m last in the line when you form a queue.
And, when it’s my turn, I turn away.
I never learned the right thing to say.
I get tongue-tied and I sound like a fool.
I’ve never learned how to bend the rules.
I’m not a devil… but I'm neither a saint…
For I am what I am and I ain’t what I ain’t!
I am what I am...
And I ain’t what I ain’t!
Whatever I do… I do….
It’s got nothing to do with you!
And whatever you see… you see…
It’s got nothing to do with me!
I keep on looking for a place to hide.
In the sun or the shade, it’s hard to decide.
It all depends on what mood I’m in.
And whether, I ever want to see you again.
I know in the past we’ve arranged to meet
And, I’ve said something stupid, said something indiscreet.
You took offence and treated me like a fool
I wish for once, I’d broken one of your rules.
Then, you’d see me just as I am
Crumbling under my own restrain
For I am what I am and I ain’t what I ain’t!
I am what I am and I ain’t what I ain’t!
So whatever I do… I do….
It’s got nothing to do with you!
And whatever you see… you see…
It’s got nothing to do with me!
credits
from ANCIENT LIGHTS,
track released April 2, 2013
All Words, Music and Instruments written and recorded by Pierre Vincent except: Piano, Programming, Producing, Mixing and Mastering by John Winfield
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