Let Me Be Lyrics
The song Let Me Be is performed by The Turtles in the album named The Turtles - 20 Greatest Hits in the year 1990 .
(P.F. Sloan)
Intro:
D A D6 E [2X; 12-string enters 2nd time]
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
D E D E
Please don't mistake me or try to make me
D E A
The shadow of anybody else
D E D E
I ain't the him or her you think I am
D E A
I'm just trying hard to be myself
E A
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
D E
That may sound good to you, not to me
Chorus:
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
To think like I want to
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
That's all I ask of you
D C#m Bm [1,2: repeat intro 3: to coda]
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Verse 2:
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 that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness in 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 ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
A
(...be)
D E A
I said that's all I ever can be [repeat to fade]
The Turtles - The Turtles - 20 Greatest Hits
Oct 1990
- It Ain't Me Babe
- Let Me Be
- Eve Of Destruction
- You Baby
- Grim Reaper Of Love
- Can I Get To Know You Better
- Outside Chance
- Happy Together
- She'd Rather Be With Me
- Me About You
- Guide For The Married Man
- She's My Girl
- You Know What I Mean
- Sound Asleep
- Elenore
- You Showed Me
- The Story Of Rock & Roll
- You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain
- Love In The City
- Lady-O
Let Me Be