NOT WHO I AM

Verse One:
It’s true, that I’m no good for you
I’ve spent years getting this way
All the fights, the big nights
And a new girl every other day

I’d started believing
My own publicity
Been trying to make myself
What they were wanting me to be

But since I heard you said to my friends
I’m just one of those of guys
I’m out to prove
There’s more to me than meets the eye

Chorus:
Cos since I met you
Can’t think of anything else
I’ve been throwing stones
At this reflection of myself
I tell you, I’m ready to do
Anything I can
To show you
That’s not who I am

Verse Two:
Nothing’s ever hit me
Like the moment I saw you
But you’re not happy with me
And there’s nothing I can do

Cos you think you know all about
What kind of man I am
I know I’ve done some things
That you find hard to understand

Now all I want to do is
Just be who I was before
Because I know
The man inside me’s someone you’d like more

Chorus:
Cos since I met you
Can’t think of anything else
I’ve been throwing stones
At this reflection of myself
I tell you, I’m ready to do
Anything I can
To show you
That’s not who I am

Bridge:
I’ve been running round the town
Doing my best to cause a scene
And everything I do just proves to you
That you’re too good for me

But if that’s really how you feel
I would like to know
Why do you keep turning up
Everywhere I go

Now I’m at the microphone
Holding my guitar
I’m looking out at the crowd
And wondering where you are

Chorus:
Cos since I met you
Can’t think of anything else
I’ve been throwing stones
At this reflection of myself
I tell you, I’m ready to do
Anything I can
To show you
That’s not who I am

Cos since I met you
Can’t think of anything else
I’ve been throwing stones
At this reflection of myself
I tell you, I’m ready to do
Anything I can
To show you
That’s not who I am
That’s not who I am
That’s not who I am

Peter Murphy (Apra)/ Michael Wheeler (Apra) (Copyright Control)