Wish I was down on some blue bayou   With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand   But the road I'm on don't seem to go there   So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am      Wish I enjoyed what makes my living   Did what I do with a willin' hand   Some would run, but that ain't like me   So I just dream and keep on bein' the way I am      The way I am, don't fit my shackles   The way I am, reality   I can almost see that bobber dancin'   So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am      And I guess I grew up a loner   Don't remember ever having any folks around   So I keep thumbing through the phone books   And looking for my daddy's name in every town      And I meet lots of friendly people    But I always wander leaving on the land   Hey, where I've been, where I'm born didn't take a lot of knowing   And I got a lot of questions about the way I am      The way I am, don't fit my shackles   The way I am, reality   I can almost feel the tatooist needle   So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am      Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining   I'm just talking to myself man to man   And I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am