I’ve been obnoxious, I’ve been unconscious,
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I’ve been all kind of things that are hard to spell.
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I’ve been unruly, speaking truly,
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I’ve been so cool I couldn't hardly even stand myself.
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I’ve been a monster, without a sponsor,
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I’ve been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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I’ve been a goner, I’ve been a loner,
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And when my mixture was right,
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I’m a nice bunch of guys.
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I am what I am cause I ain’t what I used to be.
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'Cause it is what it is but it ain’t what it used to be.
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I’ve been a mover, I was a shaker,
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He had a girlfriend, I tried to snake her.
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I been mysterious, I been delirious,
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I been so weird it woulda killed a normal man.
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I wanted money, I wanted power,
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I want a monument kinda like the Eiffel Tower.
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I been lost at sea, I been lost in space,
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And when I fall in love I fall all over the place.
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I am what I am cause I ain’t what I used to be. (oooh, yeah)
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Cause it is what it is but it ain’t what it used to be.
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[Spoken:] Well, tell 'em about it
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And you can go on forever and make the same mistakes,
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Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate.
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Go on and do it till you finally see,
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What it is that it was that you don't want to be.
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[Spoken:] Walking tall, hoo!
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I was an outlaw, I was an in-law,
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I was a scapegoat, that was the last straw.
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I hit the highway, singin' my way,
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But it wound up sounding like 'you’ll never walk alone'.
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I got a story, reflected glory,
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Is the way that I been seeing for most of my life.
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I heard the laughter, up in the rafters,
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But I never ever thought that the joke was on me.
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I am what I am cause I ain’t what I used to be. ([Spoken:] well, maybe just a little.)
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Cause it is what it is but it ain’t what it used to be.
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Yeah, I am what I am cause I ain’t what I used to be.
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Cause it is what it is but it ain’t what it used to be.
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It Is What It Is
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| The Highwaymen |
