Same Old Me

A* I was never sorry that I looked you in the eyes I never took your money, or engulfed you in petty lies I took you for a father, my expectations stayed as so Until you took my sanity and left me with no place to go I tried to be the daughter that you wanted me to be Everything was slaughtered when I finally thought for me Its kind of funny, the way I used to cling to your arm Now among the disorder, we’ve set off every damn alarm C* and why can’t I have that? Why can’t you be my dad? I want for you to see I’m still the same old me, the same old me I was never sorry that I read between the lines I left your misery, just to catch up with mine Never smoked a cigarette, but you smoked a pack a day You take me for an idiot, but never see me anyway I tried to be the daughter that we all see on TV Confining my mother the same way you did me Never liked my best friends, they influenced me in terrible ways Never liked my mother’s friends, you accused them of the same C The same old me, the same old me, the same old… me 2002 And I don’t need you I’ve got my things to do I’m happy where I am But you were never there… never there… never there C A And I… don’t need… you And I… don’t need…you I don’t need you 2002