The Beach Boys – That's Not Me Lyrics

Track 3 on Pet Sounds
2. You Still Believe In Me 4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder)
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[Verse 1]
I had to prove that I could make it alone
But that's not me
I wanted to show how independent I'd grown now
But that's not me

I could try to be big in the eyes of the world
What matters to me is what I could be to just one girl

[Verse 2]
I'm a little bit scared
Cause I haven't been home in a long time
You needed my love
And I know that I left at the wrong time
My folks when I wrote them
Told 'em what I was up to said that's not me
I went through all kinds of changes
Took a look at myself and said that's not me
I miss my pad and the places I've known
And every night as I lay there alone I will dream

I once had a dream
So I packed up and split for the city
I soon found out that my lonely life wasn't so pretty
I'm glad I went now I'm that much more sure that we're ready

I once had a dream
So I packed up and split for the city

I soon found out that my lonely life wasn't so pretty
I once had a dream so I packed up and split for the city
I sound found out that my lonely life wasn't so pretty
Track 3 on Pet Sounds
2. You Still Believe In Me 4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder)
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About That's Not Me

“That’s Not Me” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the third track on the album.

The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Tony Asher. Tony Asher has expressed dissatisfaction with the lyrics for the song, describing them as “labored”, and that he had “missed the mark”. In 1976, Brian stated “I think That’s Not Me reveals a lot about myself, just the idea that you’re going to look at yourself and say, ‘Hey, now look, that’s not me, kind of square off with yourself and say, This is me, that’s not me.”

Mike Love takes the lead vocals here and it should also be noted that it’s the only song where the majority of the instruments are played only by the band members.

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