I Am Who I Am
     Words and Music by JIM & INGRID CROCE

     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 someone won't like me
     Others try to be my friend
     But I'm all of me, and that's all that I am

     CHORUS:

     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 is some are masquerades
     Others live in their facade
     But I'm what I am
     I cannot be what I am not

     (Repeat Chorus)

     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

     (Repeat Chorus)

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