Lyrics

I’ve traveled all around the world
I had my pick of every kind of girl
I went to Spain, I can’t complain
I - tal - y, England, too.
But I thought I was a flop ’til I found you.

I wanted just to be myself
But I thought I had to be somebody else
I wore the clothes,
I pierced my nose,
Got shit upon my shoe.
But I always was a flop ’til I found you.

I always was a flop.
I had to go, I couldn’t stop.
There really wasn’t anything I wouldn’t try to do.
But I always was a flop ’til I found you.

I was born in an Evangelistic trunk,
But religion always put me in a funk.
I tried to be an atheist, but none of that was true
So I always was a flop ‘til I found you.

I sang a lot in Carnegie Hall.
I showed up for high dollar balls.
I met the famed,
I dropped some names,
I roamed among the few,
But I always was a flop ’till I found you.

I had a feeling I wasn’t straight
When a pretty little dyke fell into my plate.
They almost kicked me out of JBU,
’Til I asked Dr. Brown “What would Jesus do?”

I did my time at U of A.
They had a harpsichord that I could learn to play
Got a 4 point average,
My name in “Who’s Who”
But I always was a flop ‘till I found you.

Thought I was a flop
I had to go, I couldn’t stop
There really wasn’t anything I wouldn’t try to do.
But I always was a flop ’til I found you.

I tried to be a rock and roll star.
I even tried to sing in a bar.
I tried doin’ country,
But couldn’t lose the “funky”.
They said “Girl that isn’t who you are.”

I went down to the Yoga retreat
Went macrobiotic, didn’t eat any meat.
I chanted Patanjali, ‘stead of “Peace in the Valley”
(Jaya Jaya Guru Dev)
But all the repetition just made me blue.

Now I’ve got a number one hit.
I’m realizing that I don’t have to “fit.”
I’m as rich as I can be.
Got grandchildren on my knee.
And every night I come home to you

Don’t have to be a flop.
Well, I can go or I can stop.
I can just do anything….
And now it’s ringing true,
‘Cause I always was a flop ’til I found you.