beach boys - that's not me lyrics

(brian wilson/tony asher)
i had to prove that i could make it alone
but that's not me
i wanted to show how independent i'd grown now
but that's not me

i could try to be big in the eyes of the world
what matters to me is what i could be to just one girl

i'm a little bit scared
cause i haven't been home in a long time
you needed my love
and i know that i left at the wrong time
my folks when i wrote them
told 'em what i was up to said that's not me

i went through all kinds of changes
took a look at myself and said that's not me
i miss my pad and the places i've known
and every night as i lay there alone i will dream

i once had a dream
so i packed up and split for the city
i soon found out that my lonely life wasn't so pretty
i'm glad i went now i'm that much more sure that we're ready

i once had a dream
so i packed up and split for the city