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The Need To Be Lyrics By Jim Weatherly

    to forfill to need to be
    who i am in this world
    is all i ask
    i can’t pretend to be something i’m not
    and i won’t wear a mask
    you’ve touched my face with love in your eyes
    but will you touch my heart
    with the understanding that it takes to realize
    i just can’t play a part
    there’s the need to be true to myself
    and make my own mistakes
    and not to lean too hard on someone else
    no matter what it takes

    so if you’re sure it’s love
    just be sure it’s love
    for this thing called me
    ’cause i am what i am and
    i have the need to be

    i’m not fool enough to ever think
    that i could be the master of my fate
    but it’s up to me to choose my roads in life
    rocky may well be the ones i take
    there’s the need to be something more than
    just a reflection of a man
    i can’t survive in someone’s shadow
    i need my own spot to stand

    so if you’re sure it’s love
    just be sure it’s love
    for this thing called me
    i am what i am and
    i have the need to be

    so if you’re sure it’s love
    just be sure it’s love
    for this thing called me
    i am what i am and
    i have the need to be

    Artist: Jim Weatherly

    Year: 1974

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 83