Rich Mullins

Make Me Up

Rich Mullins


"If only I could be what you want 
Maybe then you would want me 
But if I've got to be what I'm not 
Who's gonna be what I'm supposed to be? 

I can make me up as I go along, 
In the end I would still be wondrin' where I went wrong 
I've got to play the cards that I was dealt 
Learn how to accept myself 
You can judge me when I am gone 

If only I were a little more tan 
Maybe then you'd think I was a hunk 
If I had six fingers on each of my hands 
Then you wouldn't tell me that I was all thumbs 

I can make me up as I go along 
In the end I would still be wondrin' where I went wrong 
I've got to play the cards that I was dealt 
Learn how to accept myself 
You can judge me when I am gone 

If I were a little more tall 
Maybe then I could look down my nose 
But an aerial view of another man's faults 
Won't make you fit better in your own clothes 

I can make me up as I go along 
In the end I would still be wondrin' where I went wrong 
I've got to play the cards that I was dealt 
Learn how to accept myself 
You can judge me when I am gone"