Let Me Be - Remastered

Please don't mistake me or try to make me
 The 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
 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
 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 which I'm tryin' to heed
 I can't take hand-me-down destiny
 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
 Don't try to change me or rearrange me
 To satisfy the selfishness of 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'm 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
 That's all I ask of you
 I am what I am and 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
 I said that's all I ever can be