Michael Nesmith - Tropical Campfires

I Am Not That

I am not a poet
I cannot make a rhyme
I do not know the big words
Like "shpritz" and "paradigm"

I am not an artist
I cannot paint my house
I cannot chisel marble
I cannot twist and shout

I am not a Yankee
I have no nation-state
No cosmic star connections
I cannot get a date

I am not a crook
I am not a thief
To be, for me, is not to be
Not to see, to see

Goodbye, goodbye, the "I am" world
Goodbye, goodbye, so long
Farewell, adieu, adieu, farewell
I have not sung this song
No, I have not sung this song

I am not the Walrus
I am not the Boss
I am not the King or Queen
I am not Jack Frost

I am not the singer
I am not twenty-two
I am not was, were
Be, am, is, or you

Goodbye, goodbye, the "I am" world
Goodbye, goodbye, so long
Farewell, adieu, adieu, farewell
I have not sung this song
I have not sung this song

Goodbye, goodbye, the "I am" world
Goodbye, goodbye, so long
Farewell, adieu, adieu, farewell
I have not sung this song
No, I have not sung this song
I have not sung this



Credits
Writer(s): Michael Nesmith
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Yellow Butterfly
  2. Laugh Kills Lonesome
  3. Moon Over the Rio Grande
  4. One...
  5. Juliana
  6. Brazil
  7. In the Still of the Night
  8. Rising In Love
  9. Begin the Beguine
  10. I Am Not That

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Altri album

  1. Cosmic Partners - The McCabe's Tapes (Live)
  2. At the BBC Paris Theatre (Live)
  3. Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs
  4. I Know What I Know Version 3.0
  5. I Know What I Know Version 2.0
  6. The Ocean
  7. Infinitia Trilogy Set
  8. Symphony of Rays
  9. Movies of the Mind Live Album
  10. Rays

All Albums of Michael Nesmith >

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