Don't Go Changin'

Nobody likes me

Everybody hates me

I'm gonna go eat worms

So do I change for them

or do I stay who I am

Do I live in a manner

that they'll accept me

An existence based on lies

untrue to mine own self

It's sounds so much better

than the life I have now

But they still laugh

They call me a fake

I still don't fit in

There's another group I can try

maybe they'll believe my white lie

if I can become someone else

I'll no longer be left on the shelf

I'll be part of the group

be with the in crowd

accepted I'll be

and I'll shout it out loud

But that didn't work

well it did for a while

but lately when they look at me

I see a strange smile

kinda like when the others did see

the facade I'd put on

now they're laughin' at me

Where do I go

what will I do

lately I'm feelin'

like an old worn out shoe

where will I find

the acceptance I need

“try looking inside

from your heart you should feed”

The voice had come strong

the message was clear

the answer so simple

I was knocked on my ear

I remembered the start

of a song I'd once love

I could hear the words now

as they came from above

"Don't go changing, to try and please me

You never let me down before

Don't imagine you're too familiar

And I don't see you anymore

I would not leave you in times of trouble

We never could have come this far

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times

I'll take you just the way you are"

That's when i decided

it was all inside me

to accept who i was

and always would be

Lyrics ~ Billy Joel