Just Isn’t Me

I’ve tried a hundred hats
And every one a part of me
wanted to be that
even tried sunglasses once,
just isn’t me

i love fancy clothes
When I try them on
I try and strike the pose
But even my tailor knows
just isn’t me

let’s just pretend my torn blue jeans and tattered tees
Are remnants of a rainbow
Flowing like a silk robe
pretend I am en vogue yeah
pretend I am en vogue

I’ve tried talking tough
puffed out my chest
said look here, you better listen up.
Even gone to fisticuffs,
just isn’t me

I’ve tried bending like a reed
just listening
to what other people need
selfless, without greed
just isn’t me

let’s just pretend my nervousness
and scattered brain are evidence
of kindness, please see through my blindness
and take me as I am yeah
take me as I am

i’ve sat behind the drums
and i’ve lost count of the number of times i’ve lost count of the number of times
alive just twiddled my thumbs
just isn’t me

I don’t play a mean clarinet
or dobro, or piano
sometimes that ukulele sings
I don’t play a mean anything really
Just isn’t me

Let’s just pretend the instruments
are figments of our own imagination
and anyone who plays ‘em
is in the orchestra yeah
in the orchestra