It Is What It Is

It Is What It Is performed by Tommy Castro I've been obnoxious, I've been unconscious I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell I've been unruly, speaking truly I've been so cool I can hardly even stand myself I've been a monster without a sponsor I've been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde I've been a goner, I've been a loner And when my mixture was right, I was a nice bunch of guys I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be It is what it is 'cause it ain't what it used to be I was a mover, I was a shaker You had a girlfriend, I'd try to snake her I've been mysterious, I've been delirious I've been so weird, it would have killed a normal man I wanted money, I wanted power I want a monument, kind of like the Eifel Tower I've been lost at sea, I've been lost in space And when I fall in love, I fall all over the place I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be 'Cause it it what it is but it ain't what it used to be Now you can go on forever making the same mistakes Stand up on your hind legs and change your fate Go on and do it 'til you finally see What it is that it was that you don't want to be Yeah! SOLO I was a outlaw, I was an in-law I was a scapegoat; that was the last straw I hit the highway, singing "My Way" But it wound up sounding like "You'll Never Walk Alone" I had a story, reflected glory That's the way I've been seen for most of my life I heart the laughter up in the rafters But I never, ever thought the joke was on me I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be It is what it is 'cause it ain't what it used to be Oh, yeah. No more, no more It is what it is, baby. It ain't what it used to be. No, no, no Yeah, yeah I am what I am, baby