Lyrics Just Like Me - Joni Mitchell

Just Like Me

Hes so independent
He acts like he couldnt care less for us all
Hes someones descendent
Their child
But hell never acknowledge their call
Hes afraid to be loved
And I know hes afraid not to be And hell laugh and hell cry
And someday hell die
Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score
With a world
That wants a reason
Every time you turn around
Just like me Hes looking for a door
Standing open, saying welcome
Come and lay your troubles down
Just like me Hell drop his pretenses
Youll see through the stone to the heart of the man
But the moment he senses youve seen him
Hell leave you as fast as he can
Hell return to his shadows
Where no one can look in and see
And hell wake in the night
And hell cry like a child
Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score
With a world that wants a reason
Every time you turn around
Just like me Hes looking for a door
Standing open, saying welcome
Come and lay your troubles down
Just like me Ive seen him look hungry for someone
To tell him «youre doing just fine»
The songs that hes sung me Have loneliness woven between every line
With no strings to hold him
I guess he could call himself free
Yes, hes free to be empty and lonely and wrong
Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score
With a world that wants a reason
Every time you turn around
Just like me Hes looking for a door
Standing open, saying welcome
Come and lay your troubles down
Just like me