Because You’re You
© Clare Allsop 1990
Doesn’t she look pretty?
Mustn’t he spend money in the city?
Am I out of line how can I be as good as they?
Got to save my pennies
Have I got to be the same as any?
Or they’ll take one look at me
And just throw me away.
You say, “Remember what I told you
It is not ‘cause of your clothes I love you
The way you look, the way you do your hair.
No I don’t care what the weight scales weigh;
I don’t care what people say;
In you I see the fairest of the fair.
I can see behind the mask,
Behind the make-up that you wear,
And I only see the fairest of the fair.”
Look at him; he must have been
Cut out for a starring role.
Must I try to do what these can do?
Tell me why do I keep falling
By the wayside time and time again?
They didn’t hold much hope out then,
And now it’s coming true.
You say, “Remember what I told you,
It is not cause of your deeds I love you,
Things you are trying so hard to do.
Oh no, it’s not the good things that you do,
Or what people say to you,
I love you just because you’re you.
So many ways you try to hide,
But I can see your heart inside;
I love you just because you’re you.
I love you just because you’re you…
Because you’re you.