(verse 1)
I've cut my hair
And changed my clothes
But made it so nobody knows
Cause differents weird but weirds amazing to me
I hide away from my home
They don't accept me for who I chose
They think I'm not fit for here

(pre-chorus)
I try to be the best I can
But it never goes right in the end

(chorus)
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
To be myself

(verse 2)
I change my name
And I look my part
I knew I wasn't right from the start
I may be young but I am smart
And I know what is me and what is not
I try to change the way that I act
I didn't like my self but now I can
But with everyone's opinion it's hard

(pre-chorus)
I try to be the best I can
But it never goes right in the end

(chorus)
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
To be myself

(verse 3)
And now I don't feel like this is home
And school is no place to go
I don't fit in but no one knows
That my feelings are taking control
And I change myself to feel okay
But it's completely wrong to society
To be myself to feel okay
So now I feel decayed

(chorus)
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
To be myself
My mother told me to be myself
My father said don't listen to anyone else
But when I take their advice
Now it's not right
To be myself
To be myself

(ending)
To be myself
To be myself
To be myself