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Intro
D A D6 E [2X; 12-string enters 2nd time]
Verse 1:
RE MI RE MI
Please don't mistake me or try to make me
RE MI LA
The shadow of anybody else
RE MI RE MI
I ain't the him or her you think I am
RE MI LA
I'm just trying hard to be myself
MI LA
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
RE MI
That may sound good to you, not to me
Chorus
LA
Let me be, let me be
RE MI
To think like I want to
LA
Let me be, let me be
RE MI
That's all I ask of you
D C#m Bm [1,2: repeat intro 3: to coda]
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Verse 2:
Don't try to plan me or understand me
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness in you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
LA
( SIe)
RE MI LA
I said that's all I ever can be [repeat to fade]
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