i don't wanna be

These pictures could be Utah or Colorado.

This picture could be Southern Utah or New Mexico. After traveling for miles, it all begins to run together.

I knew we were back in the South. When we stopped at a gas station with a confederate flag, displayed in the window. My stomach retches at the thought.

On the walls of the bathroom, and in the stalls, there were these huge sheets of paper with the words "Tell us about your trip." People wrote whatever they wanted, little narratives of scrawled graffiti making their marks.

Although I thought it was a good idea, I felt I couldn't contribute. It was my act of defiance for their confederate flag.

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I know a girl who used to play this song on her guitar over a year ago. At times it kind of sort of defined her.

Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Wanna Be lyricsI don't need to be anything other than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other than a birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going is knowing where I'm coming from

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by a identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one to notice?
I can't be the only one who's learned

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

Can I have everyone's attention please
if you're not like this and that
You're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain, the crust of creation
My whole situation made from clay, dust, stone
And now I'm telling everybody

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me