Who I AM

April 1, 2009

      

Who am I? If you’ve just got the question then it all starts answering it with a name and a story is told. Whatever it is, it certainly had a long story that goes along with it even if we tried telling it in a short way.

 

Sometimes I think my name’s quite weird. Maybe to some people it somewhat resembles sort of my personality but I never tend to be always relaxing and resting because I hate being idle. It really kills me when I rested too much that I never do anything worthy in an hour, in a day and in a week. It’s not that I always wanted to be preoccupied with loads of work but I prefer ending up a day’s work not stressed and over relaxed because I haven’t accomplished anything in a day. The point is, I hate feeling dumb and useless.

 

Let’s get back to my name. My father got it from a movie character he watched when he was in his twenties. It’s actually a boxer’s name according to him and I don’t really want to know what that film is. Maybe it’s too old and I may not appreciate watching if not a bit of it, the whole it. I imagined taking a nap on the sofa instead of keeping my eyes open on a monotonous old fashioned movie.

 

Maybe my name’s quite ancient but I guessed my best friend’s name far ancient than mine. I hope he just laughs when he reads this that is if he had the time to do so. To most people who knew me, I don’t have a nick name either for two syllables aren’t meant to be stripped down to one. But my sister always does that and its sounds a little funny.

 

I’ve always fancied two names and I had this envy for some people who are fortunate in a way to have that. But sometimes it’s a sort of a bother to those who wanted to write it short and one name tends to become a nickname. As for me, my real name happens to be my nickname. I guess I haven’t been making no sense at all and some would perhaps comment so what’s with a name. It wouldn’t kill you if you have a short one, a long one or a foul sounding one. What matter are what you and people close to you know behind the name, the real person behind it.

 

I’ll say though I find my name’s weird, short and not cute(hhahaha)…I’m at ease with it and I’ve come to live with it for 23 years. Thank God, I still can say my name to anyone without hestitations or fear of people branding it as one belonging to a gambler, a criminal, a gangster or to a person whose born infamous or had lived a life that’s been hated by everyone.

 

I’m posting a Jessica Andrews’ song today. Well, it probably had nothing to talk about names but it actually tells knowing yourself better than others who don’t. What’s important is what you believe who you are, what people who loved you know about yourself.

 

And Hey, if you want to know what my name is, just take a look on poems I’ve written here in my blogsite.

 

Ciao- Countryboy!

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Who I Am

Jessica Andrews

ALBUM:  Who I Am

Writers:  Brett James/Troy Verges

                

 

Intro:  G  D  Cadd9  D    Em  D  Cadd9  D    

 

 

G                  D                             Cadd9

If I live to be a hundred and never see the seven wonders

              D        G

That’ll be alright

                           D                           Cadd9

If I don’t make it to the big leagues, if I never win a grammy

                   D

I’m gonna be just fine

       Am      Em      C  D  G

‘Cause I know exactly who I am

 

–Chorus

 

G     D              Cadd9

I am Rosemary’s granddaughter

              D          Em

The spitting image of my father

              D             Cadd9            D

And when the day is done my mama’s still my biggest fan

       G       D               Cadd9

Sometimes I’m clueless and I’m clumsy

     D                     Em

But I’ve got friends that love me

          D              Cadd9  D

And they know just where I stand

     Am     C      D

It’s all a part of me

            C  D  G    D  Cadd9  D

And that’s who I am

 

 

G                     D                           Cadd9

So when I make a big mistake or when I fall flat on my face

                  D        G

I know I’ll be alright

                           D                              Cadd9

Should my tender heart be broken, I will cry those teardrops knowin’

                D

I will be just fine

       Am       Em      C  D  G

‘Cause nothing changes who I am

 

–Repeat Chorus

 

–Break->  G  D  Cadd9  D    Em  D  Cadd9  D

 

–Bridge

 

       F

I’m a saint and I’m a sinner

       C

I’m a loser, I’m a winner

      Cm

I am steady and unstable

      D             C  D

I am young, but I am able

 

–Repeat Chorus  (don’t play the “D Cadd9 D” at the end)

 

–Repeat Chorus  (play “D Cadd9″)

 

        D    Em   D   Am D C    G

That’s who I am