I'm Not The Man

Album: So There (2015)
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  • What will they write about me?
    What will the version be when all is said and done?
    Will they remember all of the places seen, the poems lost
    Or am I just wondering on? Yeah, I'm just wondering on
    There could be fewer days ahead than gone
    And all I've spent are long since on my way
    To learn that nothing comes for free

    But I'm not the man
    I'm not the man I used to be
    So it all comes out in the wash
    What would you see?
    Tattered pages in the ink stained pockets of your jeans?
    So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
    I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
    There could be fewer days ahead than gone
    And all I've spent are long since on my way
    To learn that nothing comes for free

    But I'm not the man
    I'm not the man I used to be
    Don't leave me behind
    Don't leave me behind
    Like I left you behind
    There could be fewer days ahead than gone
    And all I've spent are long since on my way
    To learn that nothing comes for free
    I had a lot of time to waste
    I wrote the lines upon my face
    Chasin' down the shots they bought for me

    And I'm not the man, I'm not the man
    I'm not the man, but I used to be
    I used to be my father's son
    (I used to be) number one
    (I used to be) paper and pencil
    (I used to be) endless potential
    (I used to be) Heaven and Earth
    (I used to be) my net worth
    (I used to be) one public, drunken moment
    (I used to be) high paid and low rent
    (I used to be) a man on a mission

    My best chart position
    The man in the mirror
    You're proud of your cure
    A new day, a new town
    Your racehorse, your cash cow
    'Til I let you all down
    No, I want to be I want to be
    I just want to be Writer/s: Alicia Witt, Benjamin Folds
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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