I'd Rather Be Me - Mick Ronson

The day I came it rained champagne

The days that changed, you’re not so strange

I am and I can even though some nights I’m just another drunken man

Got to go, can’t really stay, watch me take a chance and dance someone and go away.

Taking my time with my women and my wine

I haven’t got a hope but I don’t need a shrine

Sometimes the lines take a week or two

Breaking my pen over someone like you.

'Cause you’ll say something simple that touches me inside

That shows I’ve been gone but I’ll be back in a while

'Cause I’ve been and I’ve seen and you’re losing your style

And you simply can’t see why I’d rather be me.

Talk of deals, not what you feel, it’s not what you want, it’s not even real

No pain, now there’s no gain, I hope you realise that you can’t afford to stay

the same

You’re alright, there’s no real bite 'cause you’ve gotten what you want now

there’s no real need to fight

Please don’t stay in vain 'cause I could be right there if only you could feel

the same.

Sat on the throne of your safe little life

Two dog’s and a cat and a safe little wife

Sometimes with wine, just a time or two

You’ll look at me and I’ll look at you.

'Cause you’ll say something simple that touches me inside

That shows you’re not gone, you’re just lost for a while

Maybe trapped in a web of your chosen lifestyle

And you simply can’t see why I’d rather be me.