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Please don't mistake me or try to make me |
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The shadow of anybody else |
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I ain't the him or her you think I am |
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I'm just trying hard to be myself |
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Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole |
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That may sound good to you, not to me |
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Let me be, let me be |
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To think like I want to |
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Let me be, let me be |
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That's all I ask of you |
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I am what I am and that's all I ever can be |
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Don't try to plan me or understand me |
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I can't stand to be understood |
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I could never give in to or ever live up to |
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Being like you think I should |
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I've got some inner need which I'm tryin' to heed |
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I can't take hand-me-down destiny |
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Let me be, let me be, |
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To think like I want to |
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Let me be, let me be |
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That's all I ask of you |
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I am what I am and that's all I ever can be |
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Don't try to change me or rearrange me |
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To satisfy the selfishness of you |
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I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day |
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And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move |
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I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules |
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But to-each-his-own philosophy |
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Let me be, let me be, |
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To think like I want to |
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Let me be, let me be |
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That's all I ask of you |
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I am what I am and that's all I ever can be |
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I said that's all I ever can be |
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I said that's all I ever can be |
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I said that's all I ever can be |