If you give me a dozen tries I will take 13 times to get it That's just the way I am I might follow your advice Probably not until I've learned the lesson With my own hands I want to grow, all alone So I'll feel it in my bones I got to fall and skin my knees So I'll know what I do when I bleed I know, I know that you want me to be myself So you got to let me be Let me be me ♪ I won't grow if I don't know And I don't know what I don't know And I won't know what I don't know If I don't let it go and let it in And if I grow the way the trees grow If I flow the way the breeze flows I'll be strong I'll be free I'll be fine And, I won't grow if I don't know And I don't know what I don't know And I won't know what I don't know If I don't let it go and let it in And if I grow the way the trees grow If I flow the way the breeze flows I'll be strong And I'll be free And I'll be fine If you give me a dozen tries I will take 13 times to get it That's just the way I am I might follow your advice But, probably not until I've learned the lesson With my own hands I want to grow, all alone Oh, so that I'll feel it in my bones I've got to fall and skin my knees So that I will know what I do when I bleed I know, I know that you want me to be happy So you got to let me be Let me be me