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The Man I Wanna Be

from I Ain't Lost by Jim Parker

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Recorded at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound in Muscle Shoals, AL.

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GIRL I SWEAR SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I’M MY OWN WORST ENEMY
YEA, I’VE BEEN KNOWN TO PULL MY OWN RUG OUT FROM UNDER ME
YOU THINK I’M A DIAMOND UNDERNEATH THIS DIRT
I KNOW I’M STILL A PIECE OF WORK…

BUT EVERYTIME I’M SURE THAT YOUR GONNA GIVE UP ON ME YOU DON’T
WHEN ANY OTHER GOOD WOMAN WOULD WALK AWAY YOU WON’T
I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, FIGURED OUT THAT YOU MUST LOVE ME
FOR THE MAN I WANNA BE

BABY YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I’M SO… NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE
YOUR GOLD AND CURLS CHAMPAIEGN AND PEARLS AND I’M AN OLD T-SHIRT
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU SEE PAST WHO I AM…

CAUSE EVERYTIME I’M SURE THAT YOUR GONNA GIVE UP ON ME YOU DON’T
WHEN ANY OTHER GOOD WOMAN WOULD WALK AWAY YOU WON’T
I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, FIGURED OUT THAT YOU MUST LOVE ME
FOR THE MAN I WANNA BE

I PROMISE YOU SOMEDAY SOME HOW
I’M GONNA BE THE MAN YOU SAY YOU SEE RIGHT NOW

BUT EVERYTIME I’M SURE THAT YOUR GONNA GIVE UP ON ME YOU DON’T
WHEN ANY OTHER GOOD WOMAN WOULD WALK AWAY YOU WON’T
I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, FIGURED OUT THAT YOU MUST LOVE ME
FOR THE MAN I WANNA BE
OH, YOU MUST JUST LOVE ME……..FOR THE MAN I WANNA BE
THE MAN I WANNA BE...THE MAN I WANNA BE

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from I Ain't Lost, released September 22, 2012
Written by Noah Gordon/Jim Parker/Will Stults
© New Millennium Music, LLC © HenKid Music (BMI)

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