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Well in my family I've long been the black sheep
Because I'm not much like young women that are on mainstream TV
They want me to wear crap outfits that hurt my spleen and toes
And base all my opinions on those who claim they're in the know
They think that I should squash my impulse...

To be weird, to be true
To do the things that I feel like I want to do
To be different, to be free
To be the only person who I want to be: to be me

But your cool kid nonconformist family's not a substitute
You dictate the right unorthodox, there's no room for dispute
But I was dressing for my comfort, not for acceptance, that's the point
And when you trade your reason for their dogma I don't want to join
Hey you're still not giving me that freedom...

To be weird, to be true
To do the things that I feel like I want to do
To be different, to be free
To be the only person who I want to be: to be me

But I'm happy right here all on my own
And so I'm gonna do it anyway.

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from A Storage Auction in the Form of an Album (Quarantine 2020​!​), released March 20, 2020

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Amanda Rose Riley Lincoln Park, New Jersey

Quirky, punk & pop-influenced acoustic singer-songwriter. Equal parts dreamer and doer.

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