All of Me

You held me inside your hands I fit right inside those plans To carry on your legacy But then I became a man And you didn't understand Why I had tossed it all away Or so you say But I have my own view of life Your plans and mine don't coincide And I've got to see my story out But God knows I still want to make you proud It's you, Dad, it's me How can I be both the people We want to see I choose to believe We'll find I'm just the person We really need You had the thought That in time I'd see it your way Be a man of faith eight days a week Well, truth is I don't believe in God on a Sunday I've tried to talk, he never speaks And I see the way you try to hide How much it's eating you inside Sometimes I wish I could pretend But God knows I'm not that kind of man It's you, girl, it's me How can I be both the people We want to see I choose to believe We'll find I'm just the person We really need I used to check my mouth I'd go along with the crowd Whatever you want to see That's the person I'll be I'm here to help you out I hid the bits of me You didn't seem to need With every person I met I held more of them back In my attempt to please I thought my better half Would make a better man But now I know the truth To give my all to you It takes all of me It's you, but it's me And I've got to be the man I want to be I choose to believe We'll find he's just the person We really need We'll find I'm just the person We really need