[Intro]
Uh-uh
Here we go

[Verse 1]
Center of attention once again
They don't understand
They don't understand, no (Uh-uh, uh-uh)
Then they try to tell me who I am
They don't understand
They don't understand, no (Uh-uh, here we go)

[Pre-Chorus]
You want a perfect picture to believe in?
(Perfect picture to believe in)
Then you can't be looking for me then
(Can't be looking)

[Chorus]
I don't need to live by your rules (You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes (You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life, so truth be told

[Post-Chorus]
I see you thinking but there's just one thing, dear (Uh-uh, here we go)
You think you know, but you don't have no idea (Uh-uh, here we go)
Think you know me, but there's more to see, my love (Uh-uh, here we go)
[Verse 2]
The same arguments time and time again
And you watch them all happen
But they don't understand, no (Uh-uh, uh-uh)
Thinking you're the reason that it ends
And he won't be back again
But they don't understand, no (Uh-uh, here we go)

[Pre-Chorus]
You want a perfect picture to believe in?
(Perfect picture to believe in)
Then you can't be looking for me then
(Can't be looking)

[Chorus]
I don't need to live by your rules (You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes (You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life, so truth be told
You don't know me (Uh-uh, here we go)

[Bridge]
The girl you see in photographs is only a part of the one I am (Uh-uh, uh-uh)
Don't judge me
'Cause that's not reality
And all I can be is in love with who I'm becoming (Uh-uh, here we go)
Think you know me, but there's more to see, my love
You think you know, but you don't have no idea (Uh-uh, uh-uh)
[Chorus]
I don't need to live by your rules (You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes (You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life, so truth be told
I see you thinking, you don't know me (Uh-uh)
I don't need to live by your rules (You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes (You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life, so truth be told

[Post-Chorus]
I see you thinking but there's just one thing, dear (Uh-uh, here we go)
You think you know, but you don't have no idea (Uh-uh, here we go)
Think you know me, but there's more to see, my love

[Outro]
(Uh-uh, here we go)
My love