The Way I Am

T[G]he other nig[D]ht I had a crazy drea[A]m     [D]

B[G]out a man in a fis[D]hin hat, he was sellin maga[A]zines [D]

A[G]ll the way from Kin[D]gston he had work[A]ed his way down[D]

A[G]nd I bought him a dri[D]nk on the night they kick[A]ed him outta town

H[F]e said, "You know I don'[G]t like the way [D]I am

Y[F]ou know I don't li[G]ke the way I am[D]

Y[F]ou know I don't li[G]ke the way I am[D]

N[F]o, no, no I d[G]on't like the w[D]ay I am"

And I saw an old fisherman swayin on the dock
Swingin a junk of somethin and the string of fish that he had caught
His wife had left him just a week before
She packed up her bags and waltzed on out the door

She said, "You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
And then she cried right aloud

S[G]he sang, "[D]Yay-e[A]e la-oo ta[D]y-ee-he-ee

Y[G]ay-ee la-o[D]o tay[A]-ee-he-ee [D]

Y[G]ay-ee la-o[D]o tay[A]-ee-he-ee [D]

Y[G]ay-ee la-o[D]o tay[A]-ee-he-eee[D]ee-eeeeee[A]"

And you and me walked down the shores of our youth
Chasin the sunrise and challenging the truth
It's all so distant now, I've seen too many lies
Turning my vision into crumbling demise

Aww, you know I don't like the way I am
I don't like the way I am
But you know, I'm gonna change the way I am
Oh yes I am, I'm gonna change the way I am
Right now, hear me crying

Sing, Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-he
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-eeeee-eeeeee

The other night I had a crazy dream
About a man in a fishin hat he was sellin old magazines
All the way from Kingston he had worked his way down
And I, I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him outta town

He said to me, he said, "You know I don't like the way I am (just like that)
You know I don't like the way I am
But I'm gonna change the way I am, yes I am
I'm gonna change the way I am"

Then he played a song for me on a sqeeze-box
Say hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo