I want to live with myself And so I want to be fit for myself to know I want to be able, as days go by Always to look myself straight in the eye I don't want to stand, with the setting sun And hate myself for things I have done | I don't want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself And fool myself, as I come and go Into thinking that nobody else will know The kind of man or woman I really am I don't want to dress myself in shame I want to go out with my head erect I want to deserve all men's respect But here in the struggling for fame and self I want to be able to like myself I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show | I can never hide myself from me I see what others may never see I know what others may never know I never can fool myself and so what happens I wan to be Self-Respecting and conscience free |
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