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~*~ MYSELF ~*~
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I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for things that I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself,
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking that nobody else will know
the kind of man I really am;
I don't want to dress myself up in shame.
I want to got out with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in this struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to think as I come and go
that I'm all bluster and bluff and empty show.
I can never hide myself from me,
I see what others may never see.
I know what other may never know,
I never can fool myself - and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.
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