Ray Davies's
Lyrics
Working Man's Café cover

I'm Not Like Everybody Else

Ray Davies, released on The Great Lost Kinks Album, © unknown 1973

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I won't take all that they hand me down,

And make out a smile, though I wear a frown,

And I won't take it all lying down,

'Cause once I get started I go to town.

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'Cause I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,

And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,

And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,

'Cause I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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But darling, you know that I love you true,

Do anything that you want me to,

Confess all my sins like you want me to,

There's one thing that I will say to you,

I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,

And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,

And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,

'Cause I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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Like everybody else,

Like everybody else,

Like everybody else,

Like everybody else.

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If you all want me to settle down,

Slow up and stop all my running 'round,

Do everything like you want me to,

There's one thing that I will say to you,

I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,

And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,

And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,

'Cause I'm not like everybody else,

I'm not like everybody else.

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Like everybody else (like everybody else),

Like everybody else (like everybody else),

Like everybody else (like everybody else),

Like everybody else.

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