Barry McGuire - Let Me Be Lyrics

Lyrics Let Me Be - Barry McGuire



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



Writer(s): Sloan P F


Barry McGuire - The Mamas & the Papas: Complete Anthology
Album The Mamas & the Papas: Complete Anthology
date of release
04-10-2004

1 Do You Believe In Magic
2 There She Goes
3 The Aching Kind
4 Aloha Louie
5 Grasshopper
6 I Wanna Be a Star
7 Pearl
8 European Blueboy
9 No Dough
10 Lady Genevieve
11 Shooting Star
12 Snowqueen of Texas
13 Pacific Coast Highway
14 People Like Us
15 Once Was a Time I Thought (With False Start & Studio Chatter)
16 Midnight Voyage
17 Rooms
18 Step Out
19 Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) [Single Version]
20 I Saw Her Again (Stereo)
21 Dancing in the Street
22 Somebody Groovy
23 Got a Feelin'
24 Nothing’s Too Good for My Little Girl
25 Meditation Mama (Transcendental Woman Travels)
26 Safe in My Garden
27 The Right Somebody to Love
28 Did You Ever Want to Cry
29 Frustration
30 Once Was a Time I Thought (Edit)
31 String Man
32 Free Advice
33 Twist and Shout
34 Words of Love (Mono Version)
35 Creeque Alley (Mono Version)
36 Blueberries for Breakfast
37 Boys and Girls Together
38 California Dreamin' (Live in Monterey)
39 Got a Feelin' (Live in Monterey)
40 Straight Shooter (Live in Monterey)
41 Spanish Harlem (Live in Monterey)
42 I Can't Wait (Studio Chatter & Rehearsal)
43 Do You Wanna Dance / Did You Ever Want to Cry (Studio Chatter)
44 Somebody Groovy (Live in Monterey)
45 Monday, Monday (Live in Monterey)
46 I Call Your Name (Live in Monterey)
47 Dancing In the Street (Live in Monterey)
48 Words of Love (Stereo) [Single Version]
49 Creeque Alley (Stereo) [Single Version]
50 Something to Make You Happy
51 To Claudia On Thursday
52 Too Late
53 Gemini Childe
54 Glad to Be Unhappy
55 Mansions
56 For the Love of Ivy
57 No Love Today
58 The Costume Ball (From "The Doctor's Wives" Original Soundtrack)
59 Introduction/Cass Dialogue
60 New World Coming
61 Make Your Own Kind Of Music
62 Mississippi
63 This Precious Time
64 Yesterday
65 Hide Your Love Away
66 Let Me Be
67 Hang On Sloopy
68 California Dreamin'




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