On The Way To Me

Janis Ian

* As recorded by Mare Winningham

I'm on my way,
though I guess one day I'll wake
and find it's just another false alarm
Somebody told me once --
You can be whatever you want to be,
but it don't come free

I'm on my way
Though I don't know where I'm going,
I wish I'd gone there yesterday
Cold wind's blowing at my back
but I can't stay
Don't you see? It's where I need to be

I'm on my way to me, but I can't see
my future for the past
If I'd done what you had asked
I could have been there in a flash
I'm on my way back home, but I don't know
tomorrow from today
I'm gonna find my way
Find my way

I don't know who,
but there's a stranger with my face
who knows the proper things to do
She smiles in all the right places
She runs in all the best races
I do too, but not for you

I'm on the way,
and though the stranger bears my name
she just can't sing the songs i play
but there's no shame in learning
halfway there, you want to be turning
Back a while - gonna turn back that dial

I'm on my way to me, but I can't see
my future for the past
If I'd done what you had asked
I could have been there in a flash
I'm on my way back home
but I don't know tomorrow from today
I'm gonna find my way - find my way
Find my way back home

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