You Just Gotta Be, ©1986 by Gordon Lightfoot

If I satisfy you, if you satisfy me
Once the course has been set
I'm gonna need all the help I can get but
You just gotta be you, and I just gotta be me

I can't classify you, you can't pacify me
We can't make it at all
If you won't even take my calls
I just want to be loved
And you just gotta be free 
I'll smile and tell it to the world
You just gotta be
 
Pardon me for sayin'
What a price you've been payin'
What more can I say
You might feel different some day 

If it matters to you, it still matters to me
You'll find me by the bayou
Thinkin' wicked thoughts of you
I just want to be strong, you just gotta be wrong

I can't clarify you, you can't verify me
I can't make it by stealth
You won't even share the wealth so
You just gotta be you
And I just gotta be me
And I will tell that to the world
You just gotta be 

With a gratified mind, I'll be on the highway
Just as soon as I can
Where there's a will there's a way so until then
I just want to be me, and you just gotta be