that's not me

you put me on a shelf, you think you've got me pegged, like everybody else, always messing with my head, stop trying to make me change, stop trying to make me fake, because i really don't appreciate it, do you mind, if i'm just me?, so what if i do everything a little bit imperfectly?, what do you care?, would you be there, when you get it straight, that you can't make me anything you want me to be, because that's not me, this world can get you down, it's always stumping, to pattern your whole life, they've got you jumping. i used to say how high, but now i say good-bye, because i think i had enough, do you mind, if i'm just me?, so what if i do everything a little bit imperfectly?, what do you care?, would you be there, when you get it straight, that you can't make me anything you want me to be, because that's not me, that's not me, you've got me mistaken, for somebody else, i'm not your creation, a weaker imitation of myself. yeah!, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, do you mind, if i'm just me?, so what if i do everything a little bit imperfectly?, what do you care?, would you be there, when you get it straight, that you can't make me anything you want me to be, because that's not me, oh, do you mind, yeah, that's not, that's not, no, it's not, that's not me