Nobody can tell you

There's only one song worth singing

They may try and sell you

'Cause it hangs them

Up to see someone like you

But 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

You're gonna be knowing

The loneliest kind of lonely

It may be rough going

Just to do your thing

The hardest thing to do

But 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

So if you cannot take my hand

And if you must be going

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

You gotta make your own kind of music

Sing your own special song

Make your own kind of music