I Just Wanna Be
by Willie Murphy

I just wanna be
Sittin' in a tree
Singin' my song
With the birds and the bees

I just wanna be
With my lady sweet
Sun up above
Shinin' on our love

Everybody's hustlin', man, they're way over their head
It don't seem like it's worth it just to worry 'till you're dead
If I cool my thinkin', man, and I take a look inside
I see this old earth just spinnin' in space
Why not enjoy the ride?

Why this never ceasin' stumble through the rubble and the bubble?
I turn and twist, I'm wired and tired
Why is life so damn much trouble?
Why keep askin' questions when we all know the answers?
Life is for the lover, the poet and the dancer

I....
Ah....
There is a...
A reason....uhh....
For living....
I mean I....
Think that there might be....
I can't be what I wanna be
Do I have to get a gun to be someone?

Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart

Uh!

I just wanna be
Where the real people be
They been good to me
I'm talkin' bout my people, see?

Well I tried to cool my thinkin', tried to take a look inside
I know the world is spinnin' in space; I'm tryin' to enjoy the ride
But I'm all tied up, I'm tryin' to run -anxiety keeps chasin' me
Oh sweet love deliver me
Unchain my heart and let me be

Ah....
It's bad this rattle-trappety-ass shit that passes for livin'
The machine keeps grindin' on
Aww man I can't do what my mama said
I just wanna be
I just wanna be

Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart
Unchain my heart

Amen.

Don't wanna be no yuppie; no suburban puppy
Don't want no Eldorados; no Super Mercados
I'm no big moneymaker; no great undertaker
This feels pretty good to me
I'm talkin' bout the planet don't you see?

Don't wanna make no plan
No plan of action
Don't wanna join no party
No alliance and no faction
No group, no club and no society
No race, no religion
Man, I just wanna be

I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be



Monkey in the Zoo



Copyright 2003 by Willie Murphy