| «Friends seen an' unseen… to you that are ridin' along
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| In your automobile… to you that are sitting at you table
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| I greet you with the holy word 'Peace'…
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| For with my infinite mind I thinks constructively…
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| And I’m able to draw whatsaever I want into my immediate
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| Surroundin'…for yo' minds are my mind
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| And my mind is yo' mind and I’m sendin' out
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| My mind to you, you, an' you…
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| You’ve got to remain to bein' yourself… you cannot be
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| Nobody else, it ain’t no use tryin' bein' no whirlwind
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| An' uh, jumpin' here an' an' playin' checkers with
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| Your own life, that ain’t gonna work, baby…
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| Now repeat these words behind me:
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| 'I am what I am'…now that’s all you are…
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| You are what you believe you are… stretch out
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| So many of you all in Radioland, you’re not stretchin' out…
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| But I want to say one thing to you today… it makes no
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| Differen' who you are, what you’re doin', what you’re
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| Tryin' to do or want to do, repeat these words
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| 'I am what I am and that’s all I am… is what I am'…
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| That’s all I, look, that, that’s all I am is what I am… and I’m it
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| Make no differen' whether it’s in the mornin'
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| The evenin', or in the night time…
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| Hair breakin' out, bald headed… it's the same thing…
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| You are what you believe you are
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| 'Cause some of you all are sittin' there right now
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| Amen, an' tell if you had a necktie on yo', on now, right now
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| A whirlwind would come along an' choke you to death
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| That’s how bad luck some of you all in…
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| Some of you all in such a bad luck right now
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| That you couldn’t hit a barn with a baseball bat…
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| Some of you all in such a bad luck right now, amen
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| If you was to sit down by-a-by-men, by a pond, amen
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| Somethin' would come up an' stick ya'
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| You just in that bad a' luck…
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| I am what I am… now repeat this behind me:
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| 'I am what I am and that is all I am and I am it'…
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| Yes, I know what you’re sayin'…stretch out… oh, yes… stretch out" |