Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Baby, do you understand me now
When sometimes you see that I'm mad?
Don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel?
When things go wrong, you see some bad

But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Don't you know, baby, that sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide?
And then it seems that all I do is worry
And you're bound to see my other side

But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

If I seem edgy, I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems, oh, and I've got my share
But that's the one thing that I never mean to do
'Cause I love, oh, I love you

Baby, I'm only human
Don't you know I have faults like anyone?
Sometimes I find myself regretting some simple thing
Some simple, foolish thing that I've done

Oh, but I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Oh, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood, yeah

Thank you
As you can see, um, Nina wasn't really attracted to very happy songs
And that was, uh, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
It was written for Nina for her "Broadway Blues and Ballads" album
And, uh, a lot of people, you know, speculated that
It was not only about the rise of the Civil Rights
Movement, but about Nina's very, um, essence