I Don't Want To Be Good

(I Want To Be Free)

I don't want to be right. I want to be happy.

I don't want to be first. I want to be me.

I don't care if I should, as long as I want to.

I don't want to be good. I want to be free.

I don't want to be best. I want to be pleasin'.

I don't care for the rest. I'll say it out loud.

I don't care why I sing. I don't need a reason.

I don't want to be King. I want to be proud.

Let's hear it for the country girls. The city women, too.

Let's hear it for my righteous band. We came to play for you.

Let's hear it for the little boys who'll grow up to be men,

And all of those who've gone before. Through us they live again.

I'm not bound for the top. I'm bound for the glory.

I'm not going to stop. I'll let my light shine.

That's the name of the game, the end of the story.

I've got no one to blame, 'cause this life is mine.