Nobody can tell ya;

There's only one song worth singin'.

They may try and sell ya,

'cause it hangs them up

to see somone like you.

But you've gotta make your own kind of music

sing your own special song,

make your own kind of music

even if nobody else sings along.

You're gonna be knowing

the loneliest kind of lonely.

It may be rough goin',

just to do your thing's

the hardest thing to do.

But you've gotta make your own kind of music

sing your own special song,

make your own kind of music

even if nobody else sings along.

So if you cannot take my hand,

and if you must be goin',

I will understand.

You gotta make your own kind of music

sing your own special song,

make your own kind of music even if nobody

else sings along.