This song appears on fifteen albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again Album, and has also been released on the Favourites, the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Voice of America, John Denver (Italian), The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and Country Classics Albums. Live versions appear on the Live In London, the Live at the Sydney Opera House, The Wildlife Concert and The Best of John Denver Live Albums. An updated studio version also appears on the Love Again and A Celebration of Life Albums.


There's a storm across

I am what I am
I'm super fortified hundred proof girl with a band
And I'm a velveteen rabbit made of steel with a plan
I'm not your seventeen girl but its not worth a can
Of worms, I'm not your beauty queen
I'm not the girl in glamour magazine
I'm not running for miss popularity
Cause I won't be what I can't be

CHORUS:
But I want to be real
I want to find out who I am
And I will find my way to heal
And I will find my voice my stand

I am who I am
I am woman hear me roar and I am salt, I am sand
A million starfish stranded, landed, I'll throw back what I can
I'll save the planet, change the world, I'll make a one girl stand
I've got better things to do than be shown off
I won't be the doll you lock up in a box
Don't expect me to be anything I'm not
Cause I won't be what I can't be

CHORUS

Approval is your sword
Popularity your crown
But I'm not one of your subjects, you can't bring me down
You say I lose your approval if I'm not cool like you
Well, here's a newsflash for you - I've got nothing to lose
Your laughter is hallow because I don't care
You look down on me, but I'm not there
I've got nothing to prove and nothing to lose
Nothing to prove and nothing to lose

CHORUS

And if I never find a place that I can call my own
I will have tried I will've been free
I'll be alive as long as I'm still trying to be me
As long as I'm still trying to be me

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