If I Were Me

If I were a cat, would you give me a belly rub
Or turn on the shower while I was in the tub?
If I were a chicken, would you let me keep my eggs
Or turn them to omelets? Please don't make me beg

If I were a spider, would you release me in the garden
Or walk through my web without saying, "Pardon?"
If I were a mosquito, would let me suck your blood
Or kill me on site with your sisters Ugg?

And if I were me
Would you treat me like the me
Inside me that you see?

If I were a horse, would you ride me through the pasture
Or turn me to glue when I can't go no faster?
If I were flower, would you pick me on sight
Or blow at my seeds so they can take flight?

If I were a steak knife, would you use me for steak
Or to spread on your toast your veggie pate?
If I were a canoe, would you take me down the stream
Or sink me to the bottom where you can't hear me scream? (wee)

And if I were me
Would you treat me like the me
Inside me that you seek?

Because there are people and places and rocks and things
And Mother Nature and the good she brings
And if we ourselves want to be found
We gotta take a big look at this world around

We can all feel lost or feel misused
Or feel like no one sees the real you
But if all these feelings are all we see
How can we reach the truth beneath

A big old oak or a raging river
With everything we must consider
How much of it is our projection
Of things inside that were expecting

Well, If I were me
And the toad asks, "If I were me?"
And the guitar asks, "If I were me?"
Would you treat me like the me inside me that you seek?
Or would you treat me like the me I truly feel to be?

If I were a tree, would you grow me into the air
Or cut off my limbs and turn them into chairs?