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Original Broadway Cast Recording - I'm Not My Father's Son Lyrics | MetroLyrics
When I was just a kid
everything I did, was to be like him
I felt it under my skin
My father always thought,
if I was strong and fought
not like some albatross,
I'd begin to fit in like him,
Look at me powerless and holding my breath
trying hard to repress for years what scared him to death
It was never easy to be his type
to breathe freely was not in his plan
and the best part of me
is what he wouldn't see
I'm not my father's daughter
I'm not the image of what he dreamed of
I still couldn't be the one
to echo what he'd done
and mirror I saw what was not in me
So I jumped in my dreams and found an escape
maybe I went to extremes of the mirror that reflected me,
but the world seems brighter six inches off the ground
but the air seemed lighter in my arms was my daughter
I was profound and I felt so proud
just to live outside of my Father
I was the one to set the family a part from him
Someone, Somewhere, Sometime had to be the one
To let him know he wasn't the only one
and to explain to him, what he had done
There was more
There were others
The endless story of expectations swirling inside my mind
Wore me down
The intimidation was not only in my mind but was me
The woman to the man that you could never be
The man you are is not what I want to be
To be perfect is not me
But to be the predator is far from me to be
Only to have been done to me from 3
I came to a realization and I finally turned around
To see the person I didn't and couldn't be
That I could just be me
I'm not my father’s daughter
I'm not the image of what he dreamed of
So he used the sight of me
I will continue to be me
Your approval of choice is not for me
Your approval of me will never set me free
Just I, just me will be the one
To finally set me free
I still don't want to be the one
To echo what he'd done
And mirror what was not in me
The mirror's image was not
Had finally set me free