You know you can't live in the water you'd just be wet all the time
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Your hands would get wrinkled your face would turn blue
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And you'd wind up on somebody's line
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That's why you can't be a fish water is not what you do
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That's why you can't be a fish that's why you have to be you
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You know you can't live in the air why you'd be in the clouds all the time
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You'd get dizzy from being so high and you must have wings if you fly
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So that's why you can't be a bird flying is not what you do
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That's why you can't be a bird that's why you have to be you
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You know you can't live in a tree for one thing the trees're too tall
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There's nothing to eat in a tree and there's always a chance you could fall
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That's why you can't be a squirrel climbing is not what you do
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That's why you can't be a squirrel that's why you have to be you
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But it's okay to be you just being yourself you'll go far
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It's really okay to be you I love you the way you are (ain't we great)
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That's Why You Have To Be You
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| Tom T. Hall |