It Is What It Is performed by Tommy Castro
I've been obnoxious, I've been unconscious
I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell
I've been unruly, speaking truly
I've been so cool I can hardly even stand myself
I've been a monster without a sponsor
I've been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I've been a goner, I've been a loner
And when my mixture was right, I was a nice bunch of guys
I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be
It is what it is 'cause it ain't what it used to be
I was a mover, I was a shaker
You had a girlfriend, I'd try to snake her
I've been mysterious, I've been delirious
I've been so weird, it would have killed a normal man
I wanted money, I wanted power
I want a monument, kind of like the Eifel Tower
I've been lost at sea, I've been lost in space
And when I fall in love, I fall all over the place
I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be
'Cause it it what it is but it ain't what it used to be
Now you can go on forever making the same mistakes
Stand up on your hind legs and change your fate
Go on and do it 'til you finally see
What it is that it was that you don't want to be
Yeah!
SOLO
I was a outlaw, I was an in-law
I was a scapegoat; that was the last straw
I hit the highway, singing "My Way"
But it wound up sounding like "You'll Never Walk Alone"
I had a story, reflected glory
That's the way I've been seen for most of my life
I heart the laughter up in the rafters
But I never, ever thought the joke was on me
I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be
It is what it is 'cause it ain't what it used to be
Oh, yeah. No more, no more
It is what it is, baby. It ain't what it used to be. No, no, no
Yeah, yeah
I am what I am, baby