I CAN ONLY BE ME
(Stevie Wonder)

as recorded by Eva Cassidy
1990


Butterflies begin from having been another,
As a child is born from being in a mother's womb,
But how many times have you wished you were some other 
Someone than who you are?
Yet who's to say that if all were uncovered,
You will like what you see?
You can only be you, 'cause I can only be me!

Flowers cannot bloom until it is their season,
As we would not be here unless it was our destiny,
But how many times have you wished to be in spaces,
Time places than what you were?
Yet who's to say with unfamiliar places,
You could any more be loving you that you see?
You can only be you, 'cause I can only be me!
(scat)
I can only be me!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2017)