YOU JUST GOTTA BE
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1986


If I satisfy you, if you satisfy me
Once the course has been set
I'm gonna need all the help I can get but
You just gotta be you, and I just gotta be me.

I can't classify you, you can't pacify me
We can't make it at all  
You won't even take my calls
I just want to be loved
And you just gotta be free.

I'll smile and tell it to the world
You just gotta be
Pardon me for saying
What a price you've been paying
What more can I say
You might feel different some day.

If it matter to you, it still matters to me
You'll find me by the bayou
Thinking wicked thoughts of you
I just want to be strong, you just gotta be wrong.

I can't clarify you, you can't verify me
I can't make it by stealth
You won't even share the wealth so
You just gotta be you
And I just gotta be me.

And I will tell that to the world
You just gotta be
With a gratified mind,
 I'll be on the highway
Just as soon as I can
Where there's a will there's a way so until then
I just want to be me
And you just gotta be you.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)