You put me on a shelf    You think you've got me pegged    Like everybody else    Always messing with my head    Stop trying to make me change    Stop trying to make me fake    'Cause I really don't appreciate it!       Do you mind    If I'm just me?    So what if I do everything    A little bit imperfectly?    What do you care?    Would you be there    When you get it straight    That you can't make me    Anything you want me to be?    'Cause that's not me    (I'm an individual)       This world can get you down    It's always stumping    To pattern your whole life    They got you jumping    I used to say 'How high?"    But now I say goodbye    'Cause I think I've had enough       Do you mind    If I'm just me?    So what if I do everything    A little bit imperfectly?    What do you care?    Would you be there    When you get it straight    That you can't make me    Anything you want me to be?    'Cause that's not me    (I'm an individual)    That's not me    (I won't be your paper doll)       You've got me mistaken    For somebody else    I'm not your creation    A weaker imitation of myself    Yeah!       Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah       Do you mind    If I'm just me?    So what if I do everything    A little bit imperfectly?    What do you care?    Would you be there    When you get it straight    That you can't make me    Anything you want me to be?    'Cause that's not me    (I'm an individual)    I say that's not me    (I won't be your paper doll)       Oh, do you mind, yeah, yeah    That's not    That's not    No, it's not    That's not me