If I Can't Be Me - Mickie James

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?

Baby, I’ve changed

Just to see this thing through

Some nights I wonder if you even know

Who you’re making love to

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?

Oh, the girl that you want

Just staying who I am

And God knows I’ve tried

To fit in your plans

But now I see how I really don’t

No matter what I might do

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?

Well it hurts when the one you’re with

You know won’t ever get

The essence, and so love your heart

'Till the one day when there’s nothin' left

The shadow of yourself

And you can hardly, remember who you are

Oh, it kills me deep inside

When you look in my eyes

And you can’t even see that I’m sad

And I wonder why I’ve stayed

I guess that I was just hanging on to a little happiness we once had

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?

Baby, I’ve changed

Just to see this thing through

Some nights I wonder if you even know

Who you’re making love to

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?

If I can’t be me

How can I be with you?