The Need To Be

Jim Weatherly



The Buddah Box, # 3



To for-fill to need to be

Who I am in this world

Is all I ask

I can't pretend to be something I'm not

And I won't wear a mask

You've touched my face with love in your eyes

But will you touch my heart

With the understanding that it takes to realize

I just can't play a part

There's the need to be true to myself

And make my own mistakes

And not to lean too hard on someone else

No matter what it takes



So if you're sure it's love

Just be sure it's love

For this thing called me

'Cause I am what I am and

I have the need to be



I'm not fool enough to ever think

That I could be the master of my fate

But it's up to me to choose my roads in life

Rocky may well be the ones I take

There's the need to be something more than

Just a reflection of a man

I can't survive in someone's shadow

I need my own spot to stand



So if you're sure it's love

Just be sure it's love

For this thing called me

I am what I am and

I have the need to be



So if you're sure it's love

Just be sure it's love

For this thing called me

I am what I am and

I have the need to be...



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