I never thought that I'd
Cut a record by myself
But I've got something I wanna say
I wanna say it for Cher
And I hope I say it for a lot of people

Why can I be like any guy
Why do they try to make me run
Son of a gun
Now what do they care
About the clothes I wear
Why get their kicks from making fun
Yeah, this world's got a lot of space
And if they don't like my face
It ain't me that's going any where, no

So I don't care
Then laugh at me
If that's all fair
I have to beg to be free
Then baby laugh at me
And I'll cry for you
And I'll pray for you
And I'll do all the things
That the man upstairs says to do
I'll do them for you
I'll do them
I'll do them all for you

It's gotta start some place
It's gotta start somehow
I'll make that other cheek mine
And maybe the next guy
That don't wear a silk tie
He can walk by and say hi
Say hi, instead of why
Instead of why
Instead of why, baby
Instead of why
What did I do to you
Why, I don't know why

Copyright: Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Wixen Music Publishing
Writer(s): Sonny Bono