What you see is what you get,
and what you get is what you got;
And who you got is who I was,
and who I’ll be forever.
What you see is what you get,
and what you get is what you got;
And who you got is who I was,
and who I’ll be forever.
I did not lie: elaborated every term.
Rather than goodbye,
every time you affirmed.
I love to strive,
and God knows I love to win,
But to winʻs to please you;
what a loser Iʻve been.
What you see is what you get
and what you get is what you got;
And who you got is who I was,
and who I’ll be forever.
(2x)
“Overachiever,” I thought you said in jest.
Now, with disdain, you can get it off your chest:
“I thought your world would
revolve ‘round only me.
Keeping your passions makes me
blind with jealousy."
I know I’m a handful; you tell me all the time.
I know there’s nobody better for me than you.
I watch you fade. How I wish for able hands.
Now, yet again, you cite fictional demands.
I asked but for one thing.
For years itʻs been the same.
You have it all now: someone else to blame.
I know I’m a handful. (What you see is what you get,)
you tell me all the time. (And what you get is what you got;)
I know there’s nobody better (And who you got is who I was,)
for me than you. (And who I’ll be forever.)
I know I’m a handful; (What you see is what you get,)
you tell me all the time. (And what you get is what you got;)
I know I’m a handful. (And who you got is who I was,)
And who I’ll be forever.
Lead and Background Vocals – Sarah Gromko
Guitar – Georgi Petrov
Keys – Oscar Rossignoli
Bass – Trey Boudreaux
Drums – Brad Webb
Written, arranged, and sung by Sarah Gromko
Produced by Marc Lacuesta and Sarah Gromko
Recorded by Marc Lacuesta at 2805 Dumaine (New Orleans, LA) and Fatherland Studios (Nashville, TN)
Mixed by Will Kennedy at Studio P (Pacoima, CA)
Edited and Mastered by Marc Lacuesta at Fatherland Studios (Nashville, TN)
Assistant Engineered by Anna Linnéa Edström, Jonas Rudolf, and Chris O’Brien
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