To Be Who I Am
By Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
MY DADDY WANTED ME TO BE AN ENGINEER
YEAH TO HEAR HIM TALK IT WAS THE ONLY CAREER
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TRY THAT PATH
'CAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE SCIENCE AND I HATED MATH
THERE I WAS LIVING MY DADDY'S DREAM
BUT MAKING HIM PROUD WAS KILLING ME
IT TOOK YEARS FOR ME TO ADMIT
I WAS WEARING SHOES THAT JUST DIDN'T FIT
CHORUS:
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN ROADS TO TRAVEL
AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LIGHTS TO SHINE
IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD LESSON BUT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND
I WAS MEANT TO BE WHO I AM
I GAVE TWO WEEKS NOTICE AND I CALLED MY DAD
I SAID, "THERE'S A DREAM I'VE ALWAYS HAD
REMEMBER THAT GUITAR I USED TO PLAY?
WELL, I'VE BEEN PLAYING IT NIGHT AND DAY
AND THERE'S WORDS AND MUSIC COMING OUT OF ME
SOME SEEM TO THINK IT'S POETRY
SO WITH ALL MY HEART AND THE MONEY I'VE MADE
GONNA GIVE IT MY BEST COME WHAT MAY"
REPEAT CHORUS
MISERY WAS ALL I GOT
WHEN I TRIED BEING WHAT I'M NOT
THE ANGELS CHEERED FROM UP ABOVE
WHEN I STARTED DOING WHAT I LOVE
CHORUS
IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD LESSON NOW EVEN DAD UNDERSTANDS
I WAS MEANT TO BE WHO I AM.
By Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
MY DADDY WANTED ME TO BE AN ENGINEER
YEAH TO HEAR HIM TALK IT WAS THE ONLY CAREER
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TRY THAT PATH
'CAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE SCIENCE AND I HATED MATH
THERE I WAS LIVING MY DADDY'S DREAM
BUT MAKING HIM PROUD WAS KILLING ME
IT TOOK YEARS FOR ME TO ADMIT
I WAS WEARING SHOES THAT JUST DIDN'T FIT
CHORUS:
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN ROADS TO TRAVEL
AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LIGHTS TO SHINE
IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD LESSON BUT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND
I WAS MEANT TO BE WHO I AM
I GAVE TWO WEEKS NOTICE AND I CALLED MY DAD
I SAID, "THERE'S A DREAM I'VE ALWAYS HAD
REMEMBER THAT GUITAR I USED TO PLAY?
WELL, I'VE BEEN PLAYING IT NIGHT AND DAY
AND THERE'S WORDS AND MUSIC COMING OUT OF ME
SOME SEEM TO THINK IT'S POETRY
SO WITH ALL MY HEART AND THE MONEY I'VE MADE
GONNA GIVE IT MY BEST COME WHAT MAY"
REPEAT CHORUS
MISERY WAS ALL I GOT
WHEN I TRIED BEING WHAT I'M NOT
THE ANGELS CHEERED FROM UP ABOVE
WHEN I STARTED DOING WHAT I LOVE
CHORUS
IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD LESSON NOW EVEN DAD UNDERSTANDS
I WAS MEANT TO BE WHO I AM.