Another Me

words and music copyright ©1975; 2011 by Howard Ashby Kranz

A C#m D E

1. I was reading some old poems I wrote many years ago

D E G A

And I liked them; they were really very fine.

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Those old poems bore my name, and the idiom’s the same,

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I was far from them by more than a lapse of time

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That young poet was a guy I might like to meet sometime

D E

he was not a person I would claim to be

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In the journey from the past there’s so much that doesn’t last

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It was strange to look upon another me.

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2. I refiled those ancient rhymes and came back to recent times

D E G A

Now I’m thinking of the person I’ve just been

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Out of all the selves I’ve done, he has been my favorite one

D E G A

Now he’s one that I can never be again.

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Cause it takes a lot of help to make up a single self

D E

and it’s different to be held than to be free.

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And you know damn well it’s true, I’ll never find another you

D E G Gadd9 A

So I guess I’ll have to find another me.