Lyrics Let Me Be - The Turtles

Let Me Be

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
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