I fooled everybody I learned to say the right words and dress the right dress And do the right things But maybe one day they'll see through my facade And I'll be me I tried to be somebody Someone who I could look up to I would respect And I would care about I thought if I was all these things That maybe I could learn to love myself Cuz I'm not perfect, not put together And sometimes I'm lonely, but it's only real life Here I stand cast your stones if you mock me I know that it's only, that you're scared of real life I tried to succeed in a value system that puts everyone in their place You gotta dress right, you gotta be cool, you gotta be popular I found there's a God who has a place for everyone And every person, every broken heart No matter how imperfect, He loves you right where you are And He loves me, cuz I'm not perfect, not put together... And here I am right where I am and through it all I'm just trying to be myself And I let go of these feelings And I finally know it's all right to be not perfect, not put together...