I'd Rather Be Me

[Janis]

So your best friend screwed you over

Acted nice when she’s not nice

Well, I have some advice

‘Cause it’s happened to me, twice

Here’s my secret strategy

It always works because

The world doesn’t end

It just feels like it does

So raise your right finger

And solemnly swear

Whatever they say about me

I don’t care!

I won’t twist in knots to join your game

I will say: You make me mad

And if you treat me bad

I’ll say: You’re bad

And if I eat alone from this moment on

That’s just what I’ll do

‘Cause I’d rather be me, I’d rather be me

I’d rather be me than be with you

We’re supposed to all be ladies

And be nurturing and care

Is that really fair?

Boys get to fight, we have to share

Here’s the way that turns out

We always understand

How to slap someone down

With our underhands

So here’s my right finger

To how girls should behave

'Cause sometimes what’s meant to break you

Makes you brave

So I will not act all innocent

I won’t fake apologize

Let’s just fight and then make up, not tell these lies

Let’s call our damage even

Clean the slate till it's like new

It’s a new life for me

Where I’d rather be me

I’d rather be me than be with you

[Janis]

I'll say: No!

[Female Students]

No!

[Janis]

I’ll say: Knock it off, with your notes and your rules and your games

And those sycophants who follow you

I’ll remember all their names

And when they drag you down

Like they inevitably do

I will not laugh along with them

And approve their palace coup, ‘cause that’s not me

[Female Students]

Janis, Janis, Janis, Janis

[Janis]

I don’t need their good opinions

I have plenty of opinions

Everybody has opinions

But it doesn’t make them true

What’s true is being me

And I’d rather be me

I’d rather be me than be with you

[Female Students]

And I’d rather be me

I’d rather be me than be with you

[Janis]

So raise them high

‘Cause playing nice and shy is insulting my iq

[Female Students]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Janis]

I'd rather be me

I'd rather be me

I'd rather be me than be with you!

I'd rather be me

I'd rather be me

I'd rather be me than be with you!