13 Times

If you give me a dozen tries
 I will take 13 times to get it
 That's just the way I am
 I might follow your advice
 Probably not until
 I've learned the lesson
 With my own hands
 I want to grow, all alone
 So I'll feel it in my bones
 I got to fall and skin my knees
 So I'll know what I do when I bleed
 I know, I know that you want me to be myself
 So you got to let me be
 Let me be me
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 I won't grow if I don't know
 And I don't know what I don't know
 And I won't know what I don't know
 If I don't let it go and let it in
 And if I grow the way the trees grow
 If I flow the way the breeze flows
 I'll be strong
 I'll be free
 I'll be fine
 And, I won't grow if I don't know
 And I don't know what I don't know
 And I won't know what I don't know
 If I don't let it go and let it in
 And if I grow the way the trees grow
 If I flow the way the breeze flows
 I'll be strong
 And I'll be free
 And I'll be fine
 If you give me a dozen tries
 I will take 13 times to get it
 That's just the way I am
 I might follow your advice
 But, probably not until
 I've learned the lesson
 With my own hands
 I want to grow, all alone
 Oh, so that I'll feel it in my bones
 I've got to fall and skin my knees
 So that I will know what I do when I bleed
 I know, I know that you want me to be happy
 So you got to let me be
 Let me be me