From the recording Livin' It Up: Songs from the Write Across America Project
Lyrics
Saw you singing in the front row waiting at a sold out show
I knew you were fishing with your own rendition
Hoping you could steal the show
Wanted to take your hand
If only for a minute or two
And if the dominoes fall right
Maybe baby I could be with you
But two months later, I could see you faded just laying on the bathroom floor
Always stating, both complaining, all about your victim lore
So I say it again take my hand and come away with me
But you look me in the eyes, and say,
“What did you think? What did you see in me?”
'Cause this is who I am
Take it if you will
This is who I am
Hey yeah
This is just who I am
And you can save me if you can
But it's who I am
Hey yeah
And every Monday quarterback
Is telling me where I’m at
Not knowing my pain
All I can do is say
“Thank you” but “get away”
Don’t send in your soul train
So you said you want to take my hand
Well, take it to where
The way you’re looking at me
Can you tell me do you really care?
If it’s who I am?
Take it if you will
But it's who I am
Hey yeah
This is just who I am?
And you can save me if you can
But it's who I am
Hey yeah
I’ve danced on the dark side
Lived on the light side
Tried to keep it right in my mind each time
Oh and I’ve fought through my own lies
My half truths in disguise
To keep from a world that’s keeping me blind
But it’s who I am
It's who I am
Oo
This is just who I am
And you can save me if you can
But it's who I am
Hey yeah
This is just who I am
And you can save me if you can
But it's who I am
Hey yeah
Oh lord this is who I am
And take it if you will
Oh lord this is who I am
Save me if you can
Oh lord this is who I am
Break me if you can
Oh lord this is who I am
Hey
When I saw you singing in the front row waiting at a sold out show
I knew you were stitching up your own rendition
Glowing as you feel the flow

