what it takes to be me

i bet you thought i was a better man

now you know the truth

i been out singin' the songs

about the wrong i done

guess it finally got through to you

she left her stain on the linens

i really thought you would never tell

no

i don't expect to be forgiven

'cause i'm so wrapped up in myself

and i deserve everything for all the work i done

even if i lose everybody that i ever loved

they just don't understand

what it takes to be me

and i don't know who they are

but i will prove 'em wrong

probably my friends

i'm suspicious of everyone

i would give anything just for them to see

what it takes to be me

i don't know who i am anymore

tell me what have i become

there is something i discovered

that attracts lots of lovers

while my wife and my kids are at home

you'd think i'd learn my lesson

yeah

you'd think i'd stop runnin' around

oh but every time that it happens

i tell myself that they'll never find out

and i deserve everything for all the work i done

even if i lose everybody that i ever loved

they just don't understand

what it takes to be me

and i don't know who they are

but i will prove 'em wrong

probably my friends

i'm suspicious of everyone

i would give anything just for them to see

what it takes to be me

and i deserve everything for all the work i done

even if i lose everybody that i ever loved

they just don't understand

what it takes to be me

and i don't know who they are

but i will prove 'em wrong

probably my friends

i'm suspicious of everyone

i would give anything just for them to see

what it takes to be me

to be me

yeah

what it takes to be me