nobody can tell ya  there's only one song worth singing  they may try and sell ya  'cause it hangs them up to see someone like you  but you've gotta make your own kind of music  sing your own special song  make your own kind of music  even if nobody else sings along  you're gonna be nowhere  the lonliest kind of lonely  it may be rough going  just to do your thing's the hardest thing to do  but you've gotta make your own kind of music  sing your own special song  make your own kind of music  even if nobody else sings along  so if you cannot take my hand  and if you must going   i will understand  you've gotta make your own kind of music  sing your own special song  make your own kind of music  even if nobody else sings along  you've gotta make your own kind of music  sing your own special song  make you own kind of music  (song fades)