Can't Be Nothing But What I Am Lyrics

Upstate New York, where you threatened leavin'
And I just went back home to Carolina, Eden
A whole lot can change in an evening
I just hope that you know that

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned

And my friend's back teaching at the synagogue
And he doesn't even know if he believes in God
And he asked me what I think, but I don't think at all
And I just don't know
Have you ever told a lie so much you believe it?
And we all grow old, what a thing to be
And a whole lot changed in a goddamn evening
I won't fault you at all if you wanna leave because

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned
And I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned

I really can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned
I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
I meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give you something that I don't have
Meant what I said, but just not like that
If I do, if I don't, either way I'm damned