you can take it all for granted  tell me i throw my life away  tell me to be just like you  as you drag me down every day  i've watched you fight among yourselves  what the hell am i supposed to learn?  all yer speeches on respect  you think it's taken and not earned  things are better now, now i'm on my own  i'll follow what i feel is right, tho ½ the time, i'm wrong  far too late to turn back now, i'll face the world alone  i'll get by from day 2 day, i've got some really great friends there  they don't expect perfection from me, or complain about my hair  (repeat chorus)  ..say what you want about me, i'll face the world on my own