Girl of 16 Whole life ahead of her Slashed her wrists Bored with life Didn′t succeed Thank the lord For small mercies
Fighting back the tears Mother reads the note again 16 candles burn in her mind She takes the blame It′s always the same She goes down on her knees And prays
I don′t want to start Any blasphemous rumours But I think that God′s Got a sick sense of humour And when I die I expect to find Him laughing
Girl of 18 Fell in love with everything Found new life In Jesus Christ Hit by a car Ended up On a life support machine
Summer′s day As she passed away Birds were singing In the summer sky Then came the rain And once again A tear fell From her mother′s eye
Saturday, stepping into the club The music makes me wanna tell the DJ, turn it up I feel the energy all around And my body can′t stop moving to the sound But I can tell that you′re watching me And you′re probably gonna write what you didn′t see Well, I just need a little space to breathe Can you please respect my privacy
Why can′t you just let me do The things I wanna do I just wanna be me I don′t understand Why would you wanna bring me down I′m only having fun I′m gonna live my life (but not the way you want me to)
[chorus] I′m tired of rumors starting I′m sick of being followed I′m tired of people lying Saying what they want about me Why can′t they back up off me Why can′t they let me live I′m gonna do it my way Take this for just what it is
Here we are, back up in the club People taking pictures Don′t you think they get enough I just wanna be all over the floor And throw my hands up in the air to a beat like (what)
I′ve gotta say respectfully I would love it if you would take the cameras off of me Cause I just want a little room to breathe Can you please respect my privacy
Why can′t you just let me do The things I wanna do I just wanna be me I don′t understand why Would you wanna bring me down I′m only having fun I′m gonna live my life (but not the way you want me to)
[chorus] I′m tired of rumors starting I′m sick of being followed I′m tired of people lying Saying what they want about me Why can′t they back up off me Why can′t they let me live I′m gonna do it my way Take this for just what it is
I just need to free my mind (my mind) Just wanna dance and have a good time (good time)
I′m tired of rumors (rumors) Followed (followed, followed, followed, followed, followed) What they want of me Why can′t they (they, they, they, they, they) let me live Take this for just what it is
[chorus] I′m tired of rumors starting I′m sick of being followed I′m tired of people lying Saying what they want about me Why can′t they back up off me Why can′t they let me live I′m gonna do it my way Take this for just what it is
I′m tired of rumors starting I′m sick of being followed I′m tired of people lying Saying what they want about me Why can′t they back up off me Why can′t they let me live I′m gonna do it my way Take this for just what it is