I Don't Want to Be

I don't need to be anything other

Than a prison guard's son

I don't need to be anything other

Than a specialist's son

I don't have to be anyone other

Than the birth of two souls in one

Part of where I'm going is knowing where I'm coming fromI don't want to be

Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have a peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to beI don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by impostors everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn

Am I the only one who's noticed?

I can't be the only one who's learnedI don't want to be

Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have a peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to beI don't want to be anything other than me

Can I have everyone's attention please?

If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave

I came from the mountain

The crust of creation

My whole situation made from clay to stone

And now I'm telling everybodyI don't want to be

Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have a peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

I don't want to be I don't want to be I don't want to be

Songwriters

GAVIN DEGRAWPublished by

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