Janis Ian
On the Way to Me
[Verse 1]
I'm on my way
Though I guess one day I'll wake
And find it's just another false alarm
Somebody told me once—
You can be whatever you want to be
But it don't come free

[Verse 2]
I'm on my way
Though I don't know where I'm going
I wish I'd gone there yesterday
Cold wind's blowing at my back
But I can't stay
Don't you see?
It's where I need to be

[Chorus]
I'm on my way to me, but I can't see
My future for the past
If I'd done what you had asked
I could have been there in a flash
I'm on my way back home, but I don't know
Tomorrow from today
I'm gonna find my way
Find my way
[Verse 3]
I don't know who
But there's a stranger with my face
Who knows the proper thing to do
She smiles in all the right places
Shе runs in all the best races
I do too, but not for you

[Verse 4]
I'm on thе way
And though the stranger bears my name
She just can't sing the songs I play
But there's no shame in learning
Halfway there, you wanna be turning
Back a while—I'm gonna turn back that dial

[Chorus]
I'm on the way to me, but I can't see
My future for the past
If I'd done what you had asked
I would have been there in a flash
I'm on my way back home
But I don't know tomorrow from today
I'm gonna find my way
I'm gonna find my way