Takin' It All With Me

Everyone’s tellin’ me to be someone I used to be And that they see somebody that I don’t see Everyone wants me to be somebody that I’m not But I’ve lived under the rain and I’ve learned a lot Everyone’s tellin’ me to come here and stay there And I’ve sewn back the pages just to watch ‘em tear Everyone’s tellin’ me I need to do this and I need to do that And her old man says, “come here boy, we need to have a chat” Everyone’s tellin’ me I need to grow up and be a man But I’m too busy trying to figure out who I am Everyone keeps pullin’ me in different directions But I’m too far gone to adhere to their corrections Everyone wants me to be somebody that I’m not Well the bullet has left, the gun's already been shot Everyone’s tellin’ me that I need to get my life on track But I keep movin’ right along and I don’t look back Maybe they need to see what I’m workin’ to be Maybe they need to start tryin’ to be me If I wasted my time trying to be their man I’d be wasting the person that I really am Everybody wants to be somebody they’re not Arguing about what they need and what they’ve got Everyone’s tellin’ me I gotta’ play and I gotta’ win But I’ve torn out the pages just to sew ‘em back again I’ve seen the high and I’ve lived the low And I’m takin’ it all with me when I go