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ALL I AM

SONG LYRICS

I'm not your daddy or your father confessor
I'm not your monkey or your learned professor
I'm not your clown or your handsome face
I'm not a member of your master race
I'm not your blood, sweat, brother, your sister
I'm not your sugar or your tough tongue blister
I'm not anything you need or want
All I am I am is gone

It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am
It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, that's all

I'm not your savior or your beast
I'm not your mother, not in the least
I'm not your stranger or your love at first sight
I'm not your boy even for one night
I'm not anything for which you long
All I am I am is gone

It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am
It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, that's all

(solo)

(I'm not your... I'm not your...)

I'm not your milk man or your tank fish
not your connection or your birthday wish
I'm not your pilot, prophet, poet, protector
I'm not your banker or your collector
I'm not from here, I don't belong
All I am I am is gone

It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am
It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am (uh, huh, huh)

It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, it's all I am (It's all I am)
It's all I am, that's all
SONG DETAILS
Performed By: Dada
Written By: Calio/Gurley/Leavitt
Published By: Thumbsucker Music / Pop's Morgan Music / IRS Music / Little Mother Music / Moir Music / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)

SONG NOTES

As you might be aware, this song was originally called "People" (see the unofficial tracks section).

In a 1994 webzine interview, Phil Leavitt had this to say about how the song came to be in the state we now know it: "As for All I Am, the chorus of the song was left over from the first record and we didn't use it... It sort of resurrected itself. Michael came up with a different chord change for the verses, but they couldn't come up with any lyrics, so they actually came up to me and said, 'Do you want to take a shot at writing this?' They gave me a general concept, and I kind of took it from there. I brainstormed one night... it was really pretty easy."

CHORDS / TABS
 
 
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