The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson

Not really good at just paying attention I'm not very good at remembering things that you say I'm not very good at pursuing redemption Not very good at concealing the hand that I play It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am I'm not really sure of the coming attractions I'm not really sure of illusions we read on the wall I'm not really sure of the preaching we practice I'm not really sure if we'll notice it before we fall It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am Not very good at just paying attention Not very good at remembering things I'm not very good at pursuing redemption Not very good at concealing the hand that I play When I'm trying so hard just to beat you I'm not really good at controlling my fate I'm not really good at controlling my anger I'm not really good at subduing my hate I'm not really good I'm not really good I'm not really good It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am

I guess I'm a dreamer But I'm a great believer What's meant for you in life Will never pass you by I'll get to where I'm going But first there's not knowing What's written in the stars As I'm last to leave the bar Spend the weekends over-drinking, Monday's overthinking "Will I find a better plan?" But I try my best and I'll die trying It's just the way I am I earn an honest living With the cards I've been given If only I could see What lies ahead for me If I wake up in the morning And I hear the road is calling I'll give it all I've got Never mind the pints and shots Spend the weekends over-drinking, Monday's overthinking "Will I find a better plan?" But I try my best and I'll die trying It's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh I spend the weekends over-drinking, Monday's overthinking "Will I find a better plan?" But I try my best and I'll die trying It's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh, it's just the way I am Oh The way, the way It's just the way I am Oh yea, the way I am It's just the way I am

Open heart surgery That is what you do to me Cut me up, set me free That is what you do to me Now I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you Into you, into you, into you, into you, into you Heart attack up your sleeve You can make me believe I would grow from the ground After you burn me down Now I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you Into you, into you, into you, into you, into you Into you, into you, into you, into you, into you You burn me up, you burn me up You burn me up, and I love it You burn me up, you burn me up You burn me up, and I love it Now I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you I'm walking in, walking in a fire I'm walking in a fire with you I'm walking in, walking in a fire When I walk into you Into you, you burn me up You burn me up, you burn me up And I love it

I want a snowfall kind of love The kind of love that quiets the world I want a snowfall kind of love 'Cause I'm a snowfall kind of girl I want a snowfall kind of love That lights up the sky from below I want a snowfall kind of love That brings people to their window Won't you bury me in your quiet love? Oh, bury me in your quiet love Bury me in your quiet love And we will blow away I want a snowfall kind of love The kind of love that keeps you in bed all day Oh, I want to walk through with you And watch it all melt away Won't you bury me in your quiet love? Oh, bury me in your quiet love Bury me in your quiet love And we will blow away

I don't believe in anything but myself I don't believe in anything but myself But then you opened up a door You opened up a door Now I start to believe in something else But how do I know if I'll make it through? How do I know? Where's the proof in you? And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won But it can be won. I sit in the back of a bus watching the world grow old Watching the world go by all by myself I took a faith full leap and packed up all my things and all my love And gave it to somebody else But how do I know if I'll make it through? How do I know? Where's the proof in you? And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won But it can be won But it can be won But it can be won But it can be won And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won And so it goes, this soldier knows The battle with the heart isn't easily won And so it goes, this soldier knows (and so it goes) The battle with the heart isn't easily won (the war is won) And so it goes, this soldier knows (and so it goes) The battle with the heart isn't easily won (the war is won) But it can be won But it can be won

I don't wanna be the one to say goodbye But I will, I will, I will I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly But I will, I will, oh yes I will 'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back You're gonna come back around Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go Maybe you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back You're gonna come back to me I don't wanna be the first to let it go But I know, I know, I know If you have the last hands that I want to hold Then I know I've got to let them go 'Cause maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back around Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go Maybe you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back You're gonna come back I still feel you on the right side of the bed And I still feel you in the blankets pulled over my head But I'm gonna wash away, oh I'm gonna wash away Everything till you come home to me Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back In the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back around Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back around Maybe in the future you're gonna come back You're gonna come back Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go Maybe you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back You're gonna come back to me, you're gonna come back to me You're gonna come back to me

Everybody's got a place that they call home It may be high up, way down low, big or small But the most important thing (most important thing) That makes a home just right (that makes a home just right) Are the families, the families The families that live inside Yeah, the families (families), families Families that live inside