I’m Different

 

I’M DIFFERENT (K. McMaster)  –  7:37

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

I am not like you,

Not at all like you

 

Never making eye contact,

I never ask for my money back,

Never one to attack,

I just sit quietly with my back against the wall

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

Not anything like you,

Though I try to be like you

 

Speaking with a quiet tongue,

I silently get my work done,

Wasting no time on play or fun,

I just whittle the hours away

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

I am not the same,

Though I try to be the same

 

I watch you all flirt and play,

From many many miles away,

Never partaking in the game,

I just observe and cringe and scowl

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

Don’t wanna be like you,

Though I try to be like you

 

Smiling then turning away,

Ignoring the words they say,

The whispers that cause so much pain,

Like water off the back of a sponge

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

I am not like you,

Not at all like you

 

As the party reaches a fevered rage,

And all the drunkards start to rattle my cage,

I just sit in the corner trying to stare away,

Pretending to admire the merits of some potted plant

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

I can’t be like you,

No matter what I do

 

A great gulf there lies between,

What’s in your thoughts and what my mind has seen,

The mysteries of a fever dream,

That’s where I’ve been and will always be

 

I’m different, not like you,

I’m different, not like you,

I wish I were like you,

So I could be with you

 

From the album MAID IN CANADA (PURCHASE HERE)

 

(Copyright 2010, Kevin McMaster)