I'm just a child trying to be a woman But it's so hard for me to be me I'd be free I'd be free I'd be free Ah then I could be me Ah you are a strange one To be my man Ah lying here so close to me tryin' I love you I love you I love you

Spend my time trying to get along I'd be a rich man Come the day I died And ease my mind Get me ready Cause I'm gonna come back home I'd close my eyes And weep no more If I had a dollar for every time I cried

And I'd like to thank you for the human I've become I'm sorry if I've let you down I'm trying, I'm learning as I stumble along To see this new world without your eyes In the quiet of my room I gather up my thoughts and questions Could I ever be like you?

A Merle or a Willie If not for a Django and Jimmie The Django and Jimmie Has Mississippi A young singing brakeman A jazz playing gypsy Might not have been I'm a kid with a guitar Trying to play ?, when they ask

I want to tell you something; Listen to me, I'm trying to say, I'm better than you, I am only what I am" "We must not stand still, For the night is coming, Every man, every woman and child, Everybody help me" I hear, only what I want to hear,

But sometimes I need a stiff drink Sipping from a high, full glass Let the world fade away But sometimes I need a long drag Yeah, I know it might sound bad She's a small-town, hard-working woman just trying to make a living Working three jobs, feeding

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin

We're all one step from grace In the eyes of a saint I'm a stranger At the death of every darkness there's a morning Though we all try We're all trying to find our way Said I loved you without hesitation So easy for you to break my foolish heart Now I

I want to tell you something; Listen to me, I'm trying to say, I'm better than you, I am only what I am" "We must not stand still, For the night is coming, Every man, every woman and child, Everybody help me" I hear, only what I want to hear,

I keep keep running And I keep… keep running Keep running Trying stop a river when it wants to rise Trying to stop a blaze off a burning fire I’m a hurricane, it ain’t stopping I keep keep coming back for more, no no I keep keep coming back for more, no