I Am Not

Melissa Ferrick

I am not smooth


I am not soft


I am not angry or mean


I'm just a little shut off





Shut off like the answer no


Or like the way water never holds





I want to be


Better than I am


Oh yes I want to need


Nothing but your hands


'Cause mine are so weak





My body it wants to move in


It wants to move in


And your ankles are so strong


I have seen you kick when you swim


You kick when you swim


This time I know


Yeah this time I know


That I am not wrong





So dry and cracked


My heart is set back


Yeah just like the moon


When it's a silver resting on its back





I will not say


Just exactly how I feel


Because all of the answers


Have yet to be revealed





My body it wants to move in


It wants to move in


And your ankles are so strong


I have seen you kick when you swim


You kick it when you swim


This time I know


Yeah this time I know


That I am not wrong





'Cause patience is stronger


Than any kiss


And oh how I wonder


If we're ever going to make it


Are we ever going to make it