What You Get

Holding on, these dreams won't last Like a right of passage in to my past I've done some things I'm gonna regret But you better believe, what you see is what you get The past is a shadow that follows us all It opens its mouth and swallows us whole I live my life for better days Cut free from the shackles of yesterday You want the best of me, but can't take the rest of me Well my mama packaged me whole If you can't take, one little mistake Well I think I'd rather be alone From the first time we met, what you see is what you get I made no promise that I couldn't keep I bared my soul and made my heart bleed You ask for sorrow but keep twisting that knife I'll find my healer in a different life You want the best of me, but can't take the rest of me Well my mama packaged me whole If you can't take, one little mistake Well I think I'd rather be alone From the first time we met, what you see is what you get I'm still standing tall, above the cries and the shame It means nothing at all, to be the loser in this one horse race You want the best of me, but can't take the rest of me Well my mama packaged me whole If you can't take, one little mistake Well I think I'd rather be alone From the first time we met, what you see is what you get