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You don't know me, I'm not just one of your little toys
You don't own me, don't say I can't play with other boys
And don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say
Please when I go out with you, don't put me on display
Because you don't know me, don't try to shame me in any way
You don't own me, don't tie me down 'cause I never stay
And don't tell me what to say, don't tell me what to do
Just let me be myself, that's all I ask from you
I'm young and I like to be young
I'm free and I like to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
You don't know me, I'm not just one of your little toys
You don't own me, don't say I can't play with other boys
And don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say
Please when I go out with you, don't put me on display
I'm young and I like to be young
I'm free and I like to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
You don't own me, don't say I can't play with other boys
And don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say
Please when I go out with you, don't put me on display
Because you don't know me, don't try to shame me in any way
You don't own me, don't tie me down 'cause I never stay
And don't tell me what to say, don't tell me what to do
Just let me be myself, that's all I ask from you
I'm young and I like to be young
I'm free and I like to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
You don't know me, I'm not just one of your little toys
You don't own me, don't say I can't play with other boys
And don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say
Please when I go out with you, don't put me on display
I'm young and I like to be young
I'm free and I like to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
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This is Klaus' take on the Lesley Gore tune. It's kind of a double shot here: he's supporting her as a lesbian (which was supposedly known at the time) and sniping at the people who were telling him he should be heterosexual.
PS: RIP both of them.