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I Just Wanna Be Like You Lyrics by Jimmy Gibson

A Brief Foray Off the Deep End

2018

I just wanna be like you
I just wanna be like you
Carve my name into a tree
Take it back, set it free
I just wanna be like you
Martyrs stumble in from last night’s mass
Their eyes are crossed, their tea time’s long gone past
Their fingers try to grasp
The grains of sand between grass
To melt it down and stain and make it glass
Authors write themselves into a hole
Just to fill it with the liquid of the soul
Pour a cup of diamonds in a bowl
Then relax and make it coal
An artist without self imposed parole
I just wanna be like you
I just wanna be like you
Carve my name into a tree
Take it back, set it free
I just wanna be like you
Dead men always know a quiet place
According to their wills they’ll leave a trace
If in God there isn’t grace
There are no flowers in the vase
Dying is one way to hide your face
Everybody likes to blame their world
Their ropes are frayed, the sails have come unfurled
There’s too many pretty girls
There’s too many skirts to twirl
Why does seafood always end up eating pearls?
I just wanna be like you
I just wanna be like you
Carve my name into a tree
Take it back, set it free
I just wanna be like you
I just wanna be like you
I just wanna be like you
Carve my name into a tree
Take it back, set it free
I just wanna be like you

About “I Just Wanna Be Like You” by Jimmy Gibson

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"I Just Wanna Be Like You" is credited to Jimmy Gibson. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"I Just Wanna Be Like You" appears on "A Brief Foray Off the Deep End" in 2018.

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