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Artist: Yes
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The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be
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The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be
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What have I become?
What am I runnin' away from?
I used to see
Things in a very different way
What am I to do?
I have changed my point of view
I was lost
Now I've found myself in you
The terrible part of me
I'll swear on the strength to see me through
From deep in the heart of me
To be anything you want me to
And that's when I start to be
The man you've always seen in me
The man you always wanted me to be
What have we become?
What are we running away from?
We need to see
Life in a very different way
Learning what to do
After all that we've been through
No longer lost
We have found ourselves anew
The terrible part of me
I'll swear on the strength to see me through
From deep in the heart of me
To be anything you want me to
And that's when I start to be
The man you've always seen in me
The man you always wanted me to be
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
The man you always wanted me to be
The man you always wanted me to be
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
Ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah, ee-yeah
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