previously released two years ago as The Me I Threw Away... only, this is an updated 2023 mix.
elvis costello
jesus oldman
Lyrics
THE ME I THREW AWAY BY MISTAKE
You saw me when I almost
Was the me that I meant
To be in the first place
Then I became an old ghost
Could not make heads or tails of a thing
And though I tried to
Well, I was tied to
The way that I was cruel
To you
My bravado got the best of me
Out the window went the rest of me
The me
I threw away
By mistake
But just today
You've returned
Now I've learned...
I can be what I want to
If I only take a little care
In what I'm doing
No more trying to outdo you
The me that I ignored
Will only speak the plain truth
And now I'm listening
I kind of missed him
He's got more sense than me
I see
Never talks about what he don't know
He's just
Himself
And
He steals the show
The me
I threw away
By mistake
But just today
You've returned
-Guitar solo-
I'm glad you caught up
'Cause now I've grown up
I'm not the same without you here
Never knew just what good friends are for
Till the mirror
Knocked upon the door
The me
I threw away
By mistake
But just today
You've returned
You've returned
Copyright 2001 - JESUS OLDMAN & THE APOSTLES