Let Me Be

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