Lyrics Same as You - Jesse Rivest

I thought of you on your birthday
You might have turned fifty-six
On a barstool next to Tom Farmer
With your eye on Lucy Glide

Well you were lonely and abandoned
A dreamer through and through
But a homesteader needs a family
You don't like to sleep alone

I was in another long talk
With the girl I loved to love
About priorities and commitments
Oh man, I was letting her down

As she got up and left the room
I saw my stepmom leaving you
I sat and wondered what it was you did
Or what it was you couldn't give
I was scared I'd be the same as you

I thought of you on your birthday
I'm sure my half-brothers did, too
And after twenty-five years together
I hear my stepmom resents you

I was in another long good-bye
With the girl I loved to love
She wanted answers I thought I had
I wanted freedom most of all

As I closed the door behind her
I saw your family leaving you
I stood and wondered what it was you did
Or what it was you couldn't give
I was scared I'd be the same as you

As she got up and left the room
I saw my stepmom leaving you
I sat and wondered what it was you did
Or what it was you couldn't give
As I closed the door behind her
I saw your family leaving you
I stood and wondered what it was you did
Or what it was you couldn't give
I was scared I'd be the same as you

I was scared I'd be the same as you
I was scared I'd be the same as you
I was scared I'd be the same as you