Listen to I Don't Want to Be by Gavin DeGraw

I Don't Want to Be

Gavin DeGraw

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Gavin DeGraw

Piano

Michael Ward

Electric Guitar

Steve Gryphon

Programming

Joey Waronker

Drums

Alvin Lord Moody

Alvin Lord Moody

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Gavin DeGraw

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mark Endert

Mixing Engineer

Steve Gryphon

Editing Engineer

C.J. Buscaglia

Assistant Engineer

Chris Reynolds

Assistant Engineer

Dave Ashton

Assistant Engineer

George Marino

Mastering Engineer

Kevin Dean

Assistant Engineer

MiMi "Audio" Parker

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Michael McCoy

Overdub Engineer

Tim LeBlanc

Assistant Engineer

Toshi Kasai

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I 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 the birth of two souls in one

Part of where I'm going

Is knowing where I'm coming from

[Chorus]

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 I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

[Verse 2]

I'm surrounded by liars

Everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by imposters

Everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by identity crisis

Everywhere I turn

Am I the only one who noticed?

I can't be the only one who's learned

[Chorus]

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 I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

[Bridge]

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 to stone

And now I'm telling everybody

[Chorus]

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 I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I've got to do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

[Outro]

I don't want to be

Hey, yeah, hey, yeah

I don't want to be

Oh, oh

I don't want to be

I don't want to be anything, anything other than me

[Outro]

(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah) I don't want to be

(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah) I don't want to be

(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah) I don't want to be

Written by: Gavin DeGraw

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