I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as the 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 the things I've done.

 

I don't want to keep on the shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
into thinking nobody else will know,
The kind of person I really AM.
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.

 

I never can hide myself from me
I see what others will never see
I know what others will never know,
I never can fool myself and so
Whatever happens I want to be,
Self-respecting and conscience free.