Present Simple Songs

Present Simple Songs

Gloria Gaynor - I am what I am (5 min 49 sec)

I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovation

It’s my world that I want to have a little pride in
My world and it’s not a place I have to hide in
Life’s not worth a dam
‘Til you can say I am what I am

I am what I am
I don’t want praise, I don’t want pity
I bang my own drum
Some think it’s noise, I think it’s pretty

And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle
Why not try to see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham
‘Til you can shout out, I am what I am

I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces

It’s one life and there’s no return and no deposit
One life. So it’s time to open up your closet
Life’s not worth a dam
‘Til you can shout out, I am what I am

I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces

It’s one life and there’s no return and no deposit
One life. So it’s time to open up your closet
Life’s not worth a dam
‘Til you can shout out, I am what I am

Shania Twain - She's Not Just a Pretty Face (3 min 50 sec)

She hosts a T.V. show, she rides the rodeo
She plays the bass in a band
She’s an astronaut, a valet at the parking lot
A farmer working the land
She is a champion, she gets the gold
She’s a ballerina, the star of the show

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes

She has a fashion line, a journalist for “Time”
(She) coaches a football team
She’s a geologist, a romance novelist
She is a mother of three
She is a soldier, she is a wife
She is a surgeon, she’ll save your life

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not just a pretty face

She is your waitress, she is your judge, she is your teacher
She is every woman in the world

She flies an airplane, she drives a subway train
At night she pumps gasoline
She’s on the council, she’s on the board
She’s a politician, she praises the Lord

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not…

She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes…

Cody Jinks - Crazy as Me (3 min 49 sec)

[Warning: some inappropiate language]

I don't go to church on Sunday
I don't go to work on Monday
I sleep until I wake up
To whiskey in my coffee cup
And I take what the good Lord gave
And that's the shovel that digs my grave
I've never really had a plan
But everybody knows where I stand, and
In all my friends I see
The same kind of crazy as me

[Verse 2]
There's more colors than red and blue
To paint the elephant in the room
You piss and moan about that and this
There's always another ass to kiss
But I believe that freedom rings
And I believe in the songs we sing
I have a funny way, you see
Of what the world might someday be
Why can't they just let it be
The same kind of crazy as me?

[Chorus]
There ain't a single thing we own
And take with us when we're gone
So I'll just walk the earth a while
Lend a hand and leave a smile
And who knows how the whole thing ends?
You can't tell me where or when
So I'll just pray that when I'm done
I'll meet the Father and the Son, and
And if I'm right they'll be
The same kind of crazy as me

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
There ain't a single thing we own
And take with us when we're gone
So I'll just walk the earth awhile
Lend a hand and leave a smile
And who knows how the whole thing ends?
You can't tell me where or when
So I'll just pray that when I'm done
I'll meet the Father and the Son, and
If I'm right they'll be
The same kind of crazy as me

[Outro]
The same kind of crazy as me
The same kind of crazy as me
The same kind of crazy as me

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Saint Vitus - Born Too Late (6 min 54 sec)

Every time I'm on the street
People laugh and point at me
They talk about my length of hair
And the out of date clothes I wear

They say I look like the living dead
They say I can't have much in my head
They say my songs are much too slow
But they don't know the things I know

I know I don't belong
And there's nothing I can do
I was born too late
And I'll never be like you

In my life things never change
To everybody I seem strange
But in my world now something's died
So I just stare with these insane eyes

I know I don't belong
And there's nothing that I can do
I was born too late
And I'll never be like you

And I don't want to be like you!