You Don't Own Me (mono) Lyrics - Lesley Gore

You don't own me 

I'm not just one of your many toys 

You don't own me 

Don't say I can't go with other boys 

And don't tell me what to do 

Don't tell me what to say 

And please, when I go out with you 

Don't put me on display 'cause 

You don't own me 

Don't try to change me in any way 

You don't own me 

Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay 

I don't tell you what to say 

I don't tell you what to do 

So just let me be myself 

That's all I ask of you 

I'm young and I love to be young 

I'm free and I love to be free 

To live my life the way I want 

To say and do whatever I please 

And don't tell me what to do 

Oh, don't tell me what to say 

And please, when I go out with you 

Don't put me on display 

I don't tell you what to say 

Oh, don't tell you what to do 

So just let me be myself 

That's all I ask of you 

I'm young and I love to be young 

I'm free and I love to be free 

To live