Lyrics

[Verse 1] Please don't mistake me or try to make me A shadow of anybody else I ain't the him or her you think I am I'm just trying hard to be myself Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole That may sound good to you, not to me [Chorus] Oh let me be, let me be To think like I want to Let me be, let me be That's all I ask of you 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 Bein' like you think I should I've got some inner need which I'm tryin' to heed I can't take any doubt, so to me [Chorus] Oh let me be, let me be To think like I want to Let me be, let me be That's all I ask of you I am what I am, and that's all I ever can be [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 moods each day And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules But to each his own philosophy [Chorus] Let me be, let me be To think like I want to Let me be, let me be That's all I ask of you I am what I am, and that's all I ever can be [Outro] I said that's all I ever can be I said that's all I ever can be I said that's all I ever can be