Read my lips

I don't care what you say

I might listen

But I'll do it my own way

Don't you see

It don't mean nothing to me

When all's said and done

I'll stand on my two feet

Let me be

I live by my own rules

Independent, independence

Can't you see

It's my right to choose

Independence, independent

Once they tried to teach

Teach me all their rules

I had my own ideas

Didn't fit in, in their schools

Don't they see

That we all have a brain

There to learn

Not to be whipped and tamed

Let me be

I live by my own rules

Independent, independence

Can't you see

It's my right to choose

Independence, independent

Read my lips

I don't care what you say

I might listen

But I'll do it my own way

Don't you see

It don't mean nothing to me

When all's said and done

I'll stand on my two feet

Let me be

I live by my own rules

Independent, independence

Can't you see

It's my right to choose

Independence, independent

===