Lesley Gore Lyrics
"You Don't Own Me"
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You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys
And don't tell me what to do
And don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you,
Don't put me on display 'cause
You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay
I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want,
To say and do whatever I please
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
And don't tell me what to do
Oh, don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you,
Don't put me on display
I don't tell you what to say,
Oh, don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
(fade out)
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys
And don't tell me what to do
And don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you,
Don't put me on display 'cause
You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay
I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want,
To say and do whatever I please
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
And don't tell me what to do
Oh, don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you,
Don't put me on display
I don't tell you what to say,
Oh, don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
(fade out)
This song is from the album "Golden Hits Vol. 1", "The Best Of Lesley Gore", "Ultimate Collection 1963-1968: Start Party Again", "The Essential Collection", "Her Best", "Ever Since", "I'll Cry If I Want To / Mixed-Up Hearts", "It's My Party: The Mercury Anthology", "Lesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts", "Lesley Gore's Party" and "I Hear Music When I Look At You".