Living It Up

It seems like you want me to be someone. I think I'm just another nobody. You can dress me up and send me on my way, but you'll never get the kid out of me. I know that I'm not half the man that you thought I should be, but one day I hope you'll see. There's no way that one hundred of your books could be equal to one hundred things I've seen. A new stage in a new world every night, and one thousand midnight highway dreams. I know I'm not half the man that you thought I should be, but I've traveled even further than their narrowed minds can see. I know I'm not half the man that you thought I should be (first time) There's more to my life you'll see. (second time) Can't you realize that I'm just me, the real me? That's all I want to be