Let Me Be-The Turtles

[00:07.882]Please don't mistake me or try to make me [00:11.460]The shadow of anybody else [00:15.116]I ain't the him or her you think I am [00:18.727]I'm just trying hard to be myself [00:22.383]Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole [00:25.848]That may sound good to you, not to me [00:30.795] [00:31.577]Let me be, let me be [00:33.564]To think like I want to [00:35.203]Let me be, let me be [00:37.071]That's all I ask of you [00:39.166]I am what I am [00:40.515]And that's all I ever can be [00:44.880] [00:50.153]Don't try to plan me or understand me [00:54.037]I can't stand to be understood [00:57.413]I could never give in to or ever live up to [01:01.151]Being like you think I should [01:04.424]I've got some inner need which [01:06.653]I'm tryin' to heed [01:08.080]I can't take hand-me-down destiny [01:13.508] [01:13.824]Let me be, let me be, [01:15.762]To think like I want to [01:17.554]Let me be, let me be [01:19.387]That's all I ask of you [01:21.373]I am what I am [01:22.579]And that's all I ever can be [01:27.202] [01:32.438]Don't try to change me or rearrange me [01:35.875]To satisfy the selfishness of you [01:39.697]I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day [01:43.504]And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move [01:46.989]I'm sorry [01:47.639]I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules [01:50.585]But to-each-his-own philosophy [01:55.837] [01:56.235]Let me be, let me be, [01:58.236]To think like I want to [01:59.823]Let me be, let me be [02:01.796]That's all I ask of you [02:03.639]I am what I am [02:05.169]And that's all I ever can be [02:09.122]I said that's all I ever can be [02:12.295]I said that's all I ever can be [02:16.076]I said that's all I ever can be