Written by: Keesy Timmer, Dan Reifsnyder, and Tedd Swormstedt
I don’t wanna be an old bar stool with a scotch on rocks
Don’t wanna be the last one to leave when they call last call
I don’t wanna be alone, I don’t wanna be the phone that ain’t ringing,
Or a 2 am red light blinking
I don’t wanna be me, I don’t wanna be me
Like a last chance fast hand gambler with nothin to lose
Yeah I don’t wanna be me, If there ain’t no you
I don’t wanna see a sunset setting’ in blood red sky
I don’t wanna be lone star wishing on a cold black night
I don’t wanna be the one hangin’ on to come undone
Just to hold you, yeah I’d do anything to show you
I don’t wanna be me, I don’t wanna be me
Just a dark cloud hangin round in a sky that got no blue
Yeah I don’t wanna be me, If there ain’t no you
Girl there ain’t nothing for me to care about
If there ain’t no you girl that’s just something that I can’t live without
I don’t wanna be me, I don’t wanna be me
Just a dark cloud hangin round in a sky that got no blue
Yeah I don’t wanna be me, If there aint no you
2018 – 35th Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest sponsored by the Songwriters’ Association of Washington
I Don’t Wanna Be Me was chosen for the Gold award for the Country/Bluegrass category