The Individualist by Todd Rundgren Lyrics

[Intro]
Gather 'round children, I got a tale to tell you

[Verse 1]
There was a time when I couldn't bust a rhyme
Had yet to hit my prime
'Cause my mind was such a young mind
And first you got to unwind
The mystery of your soul, it's like a black hole
The gravity is too thick
You got to learn to lighten up a bit

It's such a frightening thing to realize
Every time you close your eyes
You been cut down to size
'Cause you're stuck with yourself
Ain't nobody else in there to compare yourself to
It's just you
And then you ask yourself, "What's it all about?"
So you try to figure it out
And that's when you'll be tempted to believe foolish things
And deceive yourself by letting someone else
Do your thinking for you
When they haven't got a clue
But you can't relive the hype, don't you see?
'Cause I got a special answer meant just for me
Somewhere in my immediate vicinity
[Pre-Chorus]
And if there's time enough to get it
Then in time I'm gonna get it
If there's time enough to get it
Then in time I'm gonna get it

[Chorus]
'Cause you know I am the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Yes I am the individualist
I am the individualist
You know I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

[Verse 2]
Check my references
Wherever you are now you know I been there, done that
Don't need to sling the scat 'cause my resume' is too fat
Change my name to some funky fresh dingbat
Like "the artist formerly known as TR-i"
I got to laugh when they try to figure out what it's all about
And they doubt that I'm so devout
But it's something I can do without
I got to know why I wanna know what I wanna know
Why do I go where the others won't go?
My eye is on the prize that's in disguise
That you can only theorize, but I can utilize
To rise above the lies about reality
'Cause you can't relive the hype don't you see?
I got a special answer meant just for me
Somewhere in my immediate vicinity
[Pre-Chorus]
And if there's time enough to find it
Then in time I'm gonna find it
If there's time enough to find it
Then in time I'm gonna find it

[Chorus]
'Cause I still am the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Yes I am the individualist
I am the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

[Outro]
Check my references - the individualist
You'll see I'm the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist
Here come the individualist

[Instrumental interlude]

Here we go everybody the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
You know I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Yes I am the individualist
Check it out the individualist
Yes I am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Yes I am the individualist
The individualist
I still am the individualist
I'm the individualist

Yes I am the individualist
The individualist
The individualist
I'm the individualist

And if there's time enough to get it
Then in time I'm gonna get it
If there's time enough to get it
Then in time I'm gonna get it

'Cause I am
I am
Yes I am

I still am
You know I am

Guess what I am
I am