E Iʼve been obnoxious Iʼve been unconscious Iʼve been all kinds of things that are hard to spell A Iʼve been unruly Speakinʼ truly Iʼve been so cool i couldnʼt hardly even stand myself E Iʼve been a monster Without a sponsor Iʼve been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde A Iʼve been a goner Iʼve been a loner And when my mixture was right Hell, iʼm a nice bunch of guys Chorus: B A E I am what i am ʼcause i ainʼt what i used to be B A E ʼCause it is what it is but it ainʼt what it used to be E I been a mover I was a shaker You had a girlfriend I tried to snake her A Iʼve been mysterious Iʼve been delirious Iʼve been so weird it would have killed a normal man E I wanted money I wanted power I want a monument Kind of like the Eiffel Tower A Iʼve been lost at sea Iʼve been lost in space And when i fall in love I fall all over the place Chorus. A And you can go on forever and make the same mystakes B Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate A Go on and do until you finally see B What it is that you was that you donʼt want to be E I was an outlaw I was an in-law I was a scapegoat That was the last straw A I hit the highway Singinʼ my way But it wound up sounding like youʼll never walk alone E I got a story Reflected glory Is the way that iʼve been seeinʼ for most of my life A I heard the laughter Up in the rafter But i never ever thought that the joke was on me Chorus.
