You ain't seen where I'm coming from
You ain't been in my shoes, mama
You ain't seen where I'm coming from
You can't know what I understand
I can't explain how I know it's right
So I'll play my guitar all god damn night
I know exactly where I want to be
I know it's hard for you to see

But why can't you believe that I can do this?
Please accept the fact and see the truth is
I just wanna play guitar my whole life
I'll learn what I need to in my own time
Look, the world is crumbling around you
Time is short and I have made this breakthrough
I don't wanna be another clone
Who is alone

You ain't been to another world
You ain't slipped, you're a little girl
I have been to another place
I envision another race
I can't explain how I got this way
But I'd rather be dead than in an office space
So why don't you start to let go
Please don't say no, let the love flow

Why can't you believe that I can do this?
Please accept the fact and see the truth is
I just wanna play guitar my whole life
I'll learn what I need to in my own time
Look, the world is crumbling around you
Time is short and I have made this breakthrough
I don't wanna be another drone
Who is alone

Today I put my shoes on, before I went to school
I could never be myself 'cause they called me a fool, a fool
Today I put my shoes on, walked outside to see
How many people who are just trying to be the same, the same

And I don't ever wanna be
What they say I have to be
Your system doesn't seem to work for me
I don't need to multiply
While these four walls just suck me dry
Got lots of things to do before I die
Yeah, I die

Today I put my socks on, they don't look alike
I think I've finally figured out what's wrong and what is right, what's right (This ain't right)
Today I put my head on, reached inside my thoughts
Put back all the happiness I feared that I had lost, but at what cost (At what cost, babe)

And I don't ever wanna be
What you say I have to be
Your system doesn't seem to work for me
I don't need to multiply
While these four walls just suck me dry
Got lots of things to do before I die
Yeah, I die