Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4 93 bpm Intro CFC, CFC, CGC CFC
CFC
I’m in a place of no / logical / thought CFCGC syncopating
CFC
a place of non-stop / brusque / retort CFCGC GC
of any semblance of // normality,
GC
where reason has gone // away from me
FCGC
ooh, / ooh, that’s the / way I / am
CFCGC syncopating
I’m in a place of / intellectual / haze
my mind, or what’s left of it, / in a / maze
where the heat has taken out the / energy
where thinking has gone // away from me
ooh, / ooh, that’s the / way I / am
I’m in a place where / time with me has / gone
into a haze that / goes on and / on
where evening beer brings back a // memory
where pleasure has almost gone // away from me
ooh, / ooh, that’s the / way I / am
C high G C high
Gone away from me, / gone away from / me
FGC high ooh, / ooh, / ooh
C high G C high
Gone away from me, / gone away from / me
FGC high ooh, / ooh, / ooh
Am F
I have watched / many things go
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but the truth is that I no / longer know
FG C high
what has / gone away from / me
FG C high
what has / gone away from / me
FCGC
because / that’s the / way I / am
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I’m in a place of / zero // musicality
where piano notes / abuse / tonality
a concert a flickering // memory
where rhythm has gone // away from me
ooh, / ooh, that’s the / way I / am
Am F
On the bed, one leg / up on knee
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I ask what do people / know about me
Am F
the answer, of course, is, / ‘not that much’
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because when people come out, I kick me / into touch
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then / I go away from / me,
then / I go away from / me
FCGC
but / that’s the / way I / am
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