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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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C#m
Bm
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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 trying 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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C#m
Bm
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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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C#m
Bm
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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