Why can't I be good

Why can't I act like a man

Why can't I be good

And do what other men can

Why can't I be good

Make something of this life

If I can't be a god

Let me be more than a wife



Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good



I don't want to be weak

I want to be strong

Not a fat happy weakling

With two useless arms

A mouth that keeps moving

With nothing to say

An eternal baby

Who never moved away



Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good



I'd like to look in the mirror

With a feeling of pride

Instead of seeing a reflection

Of failure a crime

I don't want to turn away

To make sure I cannot see

I don't want to hold my ears

When I think about me



Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good



I want to be like the wind

When it uproots a tree

Carries it across an ocean

To plant in a valley

I want to be like the sun

That makes it flourish and grow

I don't want to be

What I am anymore



Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good



I was thinking of some kind of whacked out syncopation

That would help improve this song

Some knock 'em down rhythm

That would help it move along

Some rhyme of pure perfection

A beat so hard and strong

If I can't get it right this time

Will a next time come along



Why can't I be good

why can't I be good

Why can't I be good

Why can't I be good-aca