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From: "Riess, Joseph C." <[email protected]>
THE WAY I AM - by Martin Sexton
>From Martin Sexton's "In the Journey" album
      G   320033 (355433)
         Dxx0232
         Ax02220
             F133211
Verse:
TGhe other niDght I had a crazy drAeamD  
BGout a man in a fiDshin hat, he was sellin maAgazinDes
AGll the way from KiDngston he had woArked his way dDown
AGnd I bought him a drDink on the night they kiAcked him outta town
He saFid, "You know I don't lGike the way I Dam
YFou know I don't lGike the way I Dam
YFou know I don't lGike the way I Dam
No, no, Fno I don't lGike the way I Dam"
Verse:
And I saw an old fisherman swayin on the dock
Swingin a junk of somethin and the string of fish that he had caught
His wife had left him just a week before
She packed up her bags and waltzed on out the door
She said, "You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
You know I don't like the way I am
And then she cried right aloud
Chorus:
She sang, "YGay-ee la-Doo tAay-ee-he-Dee
YGay-ee la-Doo tAay-ee-he-Dee
YGay-ee la-Doo tAay-ee-he-Dee
YGay-ee la-Doo tAay-ee-he-Deeeee-eeAeeee"
Verse:
And you and me walked down the shores of our youth
Chasin the sunrise and challenging the truth
It's all so distant now, I've seen too many lies
Turning my vision into crumbling demise
Aww, you know I don't like the way I am
I don't like the way I am
But you know, I'm gonna change the way I am
Oh yes I am, I'm gonna change the way I am
Right now, hear me crying
Sing, Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-he
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-eeeee-eeeeee
Verse:
The other night I had a crazy dream
About a man in a fishin hat he was sellin old magazines
All the way from Kingston he had worked his way down
And I, I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him outta town
He said to me, he said, "You know I don't like the way I am (just like that)
You know I don't like the way I am
But I'm gonna change the way I am, yes I am
I'm gonna change the way I am"
Chorus:
Then he played a song for me on a sqeeze-box
Say hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo
hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo
hooo-hooo
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-he
Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee
Aaaahhh

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The Way I Am

by Martin Sexton

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

From: "Riess, Joseph C." <[email protected]>

THE WAY I AM - by Martin Sexton

>From Martin Sexton's "In the Journey" album

G 320033 (355433)

xx0232

x02220

133211

Verse:

G D A D

The other night I had a crazy dream

G D A D

Bout a man in a fishin hat, he was sellin magazines

G D A D

All the way from Kingston he had worked his way down

G D A

And I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him outta town

F G D

He said, "You know I don't like the way I am

F G D

You know I don't like the way I am

F G D

You know I don't like the way I am

F G D

No, no, no I don't like the way I am"

Verse:

And I saw an old fisherman swayin on the dock

Swingin a junk of somethin and the string of fish that he had caught

His wife had left him just a week before

She packed up her bags and waltzed on out the door

She said, "You know I don't like the way I am

You know I don't like the way I am

And then she cried right aloud

Chorus:

G D A D

She sang, "Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

G D A D

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

G D A D

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

G D A D A

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-eeeee-eeeeee"

Verse:

And you and me walked down the shores of our youth

Chasin the sunrise and challenging the truth

It's all so distant now, I've seen too many lies

Turning my vision into crumbling demise

Aww, you know I don't like the way I am

I don't like the way I am

But you know, I'm gonna change the way I am

Oh yes I am, I'm gonna change the way I am

Right now, hear me crying

Sing, Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-he

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-eeeee-eeeeee

Verse:

The other night I had a crazy dream

About a man in a fishin hat he was sellin old magazines

All the way from Kingston he had worked his way down

And I, I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him outta town

He said to me, he said, "You know I don't like the way I am (just like that)

You know I don't like the way I am

But I'm gonna change the way I am, yes I am

I'm gonna change the way I am"

Chorus:

Then he played a song for me on a sqeeze-box

Say hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo

hooo-hooo

hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo

hooo-hooo

hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo

hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo

hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo

hooo-hooo

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-he

Yay-ee la-oo tay-ee-he-ee

Aaaahhh

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