Jonathan Hayes - The Writers, the Poets, and Me Lyrics

Well you don't get to tear me down just cause I don't please you
And you don't get to tell me I'm not what you want me to be
You can't be mad at us fish for not walking on dry land
Cause we're down here swimming
The writers the poets and me

Well you know the me that comes home just wishing he wasn't
And you know the me that shuts up and stays out of your sight
But you don't know my thoughts and you don't know my dreams or my problems
So don't use your perception to tell me that you know you're right

Well you don't get to tear me down just cause I don't please you
And you don't get to tell me I'm not what you want me to be
You can't be mad at us fish for not walking on dry land
Cause we're down here swimming
The writers the poets and me

It's been a long time since I made you happy
And I'm sorry that that's how it's been
But it ain't no use sending your armies
To a war that you ain't gonna win
No I just don't belong in the system
I wasn't made to a tee
But see all my uses and forgive my excuses
The writers the poets and me

I wake up at six in the morning and go through the motions
But that ain't got nothing to do with who I know I am
But people are people ain't nothing that you'll do to change them
And the sooner you learn that the sooner that I'll give a damn

Well you don't get to tear me down just cause I don't please you
And you don't get to tell me I'm not what you want me to be
You can't be mad at us fish for not walking on dry land
Cause we're down here swimming
The writers the poets and me