Born Bob Dylan

If I don't say anything, it's wrong
If I said it, it wouldn't come out right
It's been keeping me up all night

Half my life I've been told to shut up
So how am I gonna open up?
Wish you could just read my mind

If I shared all of me, would you run away?
If I sugar coated what I had to say
In poetry would it make you stay?

I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Had all the words to speak my feelings
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks and followed my heart
Unafraid of the truth, even if I stood alone

I didn't know how it was gonna go
Even if the water was cold
I'd take a deep breath and get it off my chest
And hope for the best

They say either way you win
If it's mutual, why hold it in?
And it's not meant to be
And you tell the truth it will set you free

But all their wisdom doesn't help me now
I'm scared and I gotta find out how to speak my mind
Without metaphors and prose and rhymes
And still make you mine

I hope you know what I mean when I'm acting mean
'Cause I don't say what I mean when I'm caught in-between
And I'm afraid, the real you is eluding me

I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Had all the words to speak my feelings
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks and followed my heart
Unafraid of the truth, even if I stood alone

I didn't know how it was gonna go
Even if the water was cold
I'd take a deep breath and get it off my chest

And hope you will catch me when I fall
And love me back when I show you my all
Fill in the blanks if I'm not making sense
Be patient with me

I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Had all the words to speak my feelings
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks and followed my heart
Unafraid of the truth, even if I stood alone

I didn't know how it was gonna go
Even if the water was cold
I'd take a deep breath and get it off my chest
And hope for the best

Even if I stood alone
Didn't know how it was gonna go
Gotta get it off my chest
And hope for the best

If I don't say anything, it's wrong
If I said it it wouldn't come out right