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Artist: Locksley
Canonical path: /locksley/why-can-t-i-be-you
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Why Can't I Be You
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Why Can't I Be You
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Oh, talk talk talk
Oh, shut your mouth
A little kiss kiss kiss
come on and help me out
Desperate times call for desperate measures
and desperate desires lead to desperate pleasures
You know?
Oh yeah, you know don't you?
Oh God, you don't?
Oh no, you don't, do you?
Won't you teach teach teach me if you can
How to (beat more guys up by the hand)
Who needs class when you got money?
Well I've got cash, but you've got everything else
Well you can call me crazy, but I heard that sells
Oh, why can't I be you?
Oh, how can I be you?
Oh, it's so easy for you to be
just what everyone wants to be
So, why not me?
Tell me, why not me?
Tell me!
Well look look look who's laughing now?
Well it's me-e-e, but not too loud
I won't make it on my own for long, dear
I'm doing anything to just hold on here
It's true, it's true
that I could just walk a mile in another man's shoes
Oh, why can't I be you?
Oh, how can I be you?
Oh, it's so easy for you to be
just what everyone wants to be
So, why not me?
Tell me, why not me?
Now listen to me, listen to me
you're what I should be, what I could be
So what do you say, what do you say?
I'm willing to pay, begging to pay
Now what'll it take, what'll it take
to get me a break, give me a break?
Oh what can you do, what can I do
to make you like me, make me like you?
Why can't I be you?
Oh, how can I be you?
Oh, it's so easy for you to be
just what everyone wants to be
the -- things never stop haunting me
you can make it look so easy!
Why not me?
Tell me!
Why not me?
Oh, tell me!
Why, not me?
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