Carly Simon

I'm Really The Kind

Carly Simon


I´m really the kind to dazzle and twirl 
Have tantrums like silver slanting rain 
Walk up to strangers
Parade with my pride 
And stride like a lion up 
A mad mountainside 
So steep, so lovely 
Don´t think about the fall 

Then suddenly, no warning
No nothing, I`m small 
I´m small
Smaller than anyone, smaller than you 

You see, I´m really the kind 
To cower in the corner 
And pray that some guy 
Will have a kind word to say 

Then be tiny in his arms 
And be stroked to my heart 
And coaxed and caressed 
And combed and undressed 
Then finally I´ll trust him
Abandon it all 

Then suddenly, no warning
No nothing, I`m too tall 
I´m tall, taller than anyone
Taller than boys 
I´m tall, taller than anyone
Taller than you 

The pendulum swings both ways 
And I lose my equilibrium 
I swing so fast inside it's motion
That I become the hum 
I become the hum

You see I´m really the kind 
To walk the avenues 
And criticize the mannequins 
And ogle the jewels 

Justify spending the cash 
I don´t have 
Break resolutions 
With a naughty little laugh 

I´m nothing unless 
I´m the belle of the ball 
And then suddenly
No warning, no nothing
I´ve got it all, I see it all
I have it all, I have it all
It is, it is, it is, it is 

It is, my soul, my soul