Key: Ab Major Composer: Gary Geld
Lyricist: Peter Udell Copyright: 1975 GELD MUSIC CO. and UDELL MUSIC CO.
Lyrics
Why Am I Me?
Tell you what I’m thinkin’
Honestly and true…
How come I come to life as me
And not to life as you.
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‘Way down underneath it all
Where no one gets to see
I’ll bet it feels no different
Bein’ you or bein’ me.
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Why am I here
Why am I now
Why am I who you see
Why was I handed
The body I landed in
Why am I Gabriel? (So how come we’re all slaves…)
Why am I Anderson? (And how come we’re all free…)
Why am I me, why am I me, why am I me?
I figured
Somebody puts the “who” into folks,
Like dropping a stone in a lake
So maybe I’m thinkin’
I’m Abraham Lincoln
And somebody made a mistake?
If I were born
Somebody else
Betcha I still would be me
So many beings I know I could be me in.
Why must I be in the being you see me in?
Why am I Gabriel? (So how come we’re all slaves…)
Why am I Anderson? (And how come we’re all free…)
Why am I me, why am I me, why am I me?
Why am I me?