Savoy Brown had it down
“I’m tired” the lyric goes, “of trying to be somethin’ I know ain’t me!” And aren’t we all? Sometimes I wonder who I am. Sometimes I imagine you must wonder who I am. “Does he talk like that all the time?” No, only when I think the listener might appreciate it. Sometimes I throw out a truly inane statement just to see if people are listening, you know something like (by the way, this is not original) “50% of all Americans make up half the population.” That works good when someone has just bored... Sign in to see full entry.