I Am Who I Am

Perhaps I'll never show this world
All I could be i just can't sing to any man
The song he wants to hear
And I know that some won't like me
Others try to be my friend
But I'm all of me, and that's all that I am

And if life is for the living
Then why can't men be real
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes
Forgettin' how to feel
Forgettin' how to feel

We still live in a time when
Manners cover what is real
There's a basic fact of life
That the times cannot conceal
That if some are masqueraders
Others live in their facade
But I'm what I am i cannot be what I am not

And if life is for the living
Then why can't men be real
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes
Forgettin' how to feel
Forgettin' how to feel

I may be too honest and
Offend those who pretend
I don't claim I'm always right
That I'm ev'rybody's friend
Perhaps for them it's easier to
Be what they are not but I'm what I am
And I just can't play that part

And if life is for the living
Then why can't men be real
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes
Forgettin' how to feel
Forgettin' how to feel