Copyright 2003.
David Alan Cates. All Rights
Reserved.
[VERSE 1]
My baby said that I could be so much more
A higher wage is the rage, honey that’s for sure
So I wrote myself quite a resume
Got a job in an office making pretty good pay
But they let me go, right there on the spot
And I’m tired of trying to be…something I’m not
[CHORUS]
I’m just a simple man, I can’t
change my ways
I’ll be like this til my dying
days
I ain’t a doctor, a lawyer, or a
businessman
I’m at my best using my two
hands
What you see is all I’ve got
And I’m tired of trying to
be…something I’m not
[VERSE 2]
Then she talked me into starting my own dot com
She said honey, chasing money is the latest bomb
But it’s a tangled web, that Internet
If there’s money there I ain’t found it yet
My fingers hurt and my keyboard’s shot
And I’m tired of trying to be…something I’m not
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
She made some reservations for a fancy dinner
She said baby, just maybe I can make you a winner
They cooked my tomatoes but not my beans
It was the dangdest thing I’d ever seen
I had to take off my tie, cause I was too darn hot
I said darling, I just can’t be…something I’m not
[CHORUS]