James McMurtry - Be With Me lyrics

Are you who you look like Or are you just yourself Are you somebody famous Or just somebody else Can you play "Stairway to Heaven" Are you good enough Were those songs real Or did you make them up I only wanted to shake your hand Equal to equal Man to man What are you drinking Let me buy you one You owe me much more Than just a job well done (chorus) You're gonna be with me 'till your dying day And I won't take it lightly If you just walk away Fetch me the jester Commanded the king The harder I thrash him The better he'll sing Send him back to the dungeon Give him something to eat If it wasn't for me He'd be out on the street (chorus) He's gonna be with me 'till his dying day I would not take it lightly If he were ever to stray If I'm a good boy Mama can I go To the tent revival And the medicine show I hear there's a dancer I just gotta see I hear there's a singer Like I want to be If I were someone Would you take me home Let me look in your closet Let me rattle your bones Are you who you look like Or are you just yourself Are you somebody famous Or just somebody else