can't be nothing but what i am

Upstate New York, where you threatened leaving
I just went back home
Carolina, Eden
A whole lot can change in an evening
I just hope
That you know

That I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned

Can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way i'm damned

And my friend's back teaching at the synagogue
And he doesn't even know if he believes in god
And he asks me what I think but I don't think at all
I just don't know
Have you ever told a lie so much you believe it
And we all grow old, what a thing to be and
Whole lot changed in a god damn evening
I won't fault you at all if you want to leave because

Can't be nothing but what I am
But I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned

I can't be nothing but what I am
But I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned
I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned
I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned

I can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned

Can't be nothing but what I am
And I can't give something that I don't have
Meant what I said
But just not like that
If I do
If I don't
Either way I'm damned