The Way I Am - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Wish I was down on some blue bayou

With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.

But the road I’m on don’t seem to go there,

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,

Did what I do with a willin' hand.

Some would run, but that ain’t like me.

I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

The way I am don’t fit my shackles.

The way I am, reality.

I can almost see that bobber dancin'.

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

And I guess I grew up a loner,

Don’t remember ever having any folks around.

So I keep thumbing through the phone books

And looking for my daddy’s name in every town.

And I meet lots of friendly people

But I always wind up leaving on the land.

Hey, where I’ve been, where I’m born didn’t take a lot of knowing,

And I got a lot of questions about what I am.

The way I am don’t fit my shackles.

The way I am, reality.

I can almost feel the tattooist’s needle

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

Hey, I’m not bragging or complaining,

I’m just talking to myself man to man.

And I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

Yodel-eh-te-ho, ho-te.