Regaining self-worth after being ignored by people who--as it turns out--were not worthy of my companionship in the first place.
Here I Am © Mancini 2002,2004 tell me it's over tell me we're thru say hey i'm leaving u dear then tell me something i dont want to hear... here i am cant you see me here here i am after all these years it started back when i was 10 when every time i'd raise my hand the teacher wouldn't pick me then and no one picks me now then out of nowhere u roll in and i'm no longer gunga din i'm beautiful and i've got friends and then it's over here i am cant you see me here here i am after all these years freedom is an awful word when it is something that you've only heard about in other peoples' dreams they smile at me i wave to them from deep inside this cage i'm in where i just want to scream here i am cant you see me here here i am after all these years, after all these tears when the cops came to my door their jaws almost hit the floor they're telling me you're here no more and yes, i'm smiling trying hard to shed a tear, trying hard to look sincere they've locked u up for 40 years and i am dancing here i am, dancing dancing here i'm doing a cartwheel here i am and i'm so happy to be here after all these years here i am
