Your eyes they tie me down so hard I’ll never learn to put up a guard So keep my love, my candle bright Learn me hard, oh, learn me right
This ain’t no sham - I am what I am
Though I may speak some tongue of old Or even spit out some holy word I have no strength from which to speak When you sit me down and see I’m weak
We will run and scream You will dance with me We’ll fulfill our dreams and we’ll be free And we will be who we are And they’ll heal our scars Sadness will be far away
So as we walked through fields of green Was the fairest sun I had ever seen And I was broke, I was on my knees And you said yes as I said please
This ain’t no sham - I am what I am I leave no time for a cynic’s mind
We will run and scream You will dance with me We’ll fulfill our dreams and we’ll be free We will be who we are And they’ll heal our scars Sadness will be far away
Do not let my fickle flesh go to waste As it keeps my heart and soul in its place And I will love with urgency But not with haste