I'll Only Be Me Once lyrics

I'll only be me once So I better find out who I am And I will only see me once So I better know just where I stand And the lights all went down In Norrtalje prison And matthew kneels to say his prayers But there will be no praying For lucinda's david David is no longer here They put him to sleep Some six weeks ago For taking the life of a young policeman And he did a lot of good in his next 32 years And lucinda prayed that would count for something I'll only be me once So I better find out who I am And I will only see me once So I better know just where I stand I have shared the stage with bandits and heros And some saintly poetic pornographers I have stood shoulder to shoulder With abusers and murders Some pushers and burglers And con men and gamblers Ahh, fools such as I I'll only be me once So I better find out who I am And I will only see me once So I better know just where I stand And did you walk on by When she cry out for protection? Or did you speak up? Were you ridiculed? Did you stand shoulder to shoulder With some innocents on the border? Like teenager Suzi Diaz Who was knocked down She was bootstomped By some bastard in el paso With his spitshine and his ego And his shiny badge of gold I'll only be me once So I better find out who I am And I will only see me once So I better know just where I stand