Should I be tall,
Or can I be short?
Should I be vegan,
Or can I eat pork?
Should I be thin,
Or can I be thick?
Should I stay single,
Or say “yes” to Nick?
Should I color my hair,
Maybe blue, brown or yellow?
Can I be very assertive,
Or stay quiet and mellow?
Should I be pretty and perfect,
Not a hair out of place?
Can I be a tom-boy, an athlete,
Wearing shoes that I lace?
Should I live in a high-rise,
Or out in the suburbs?
Should I use proper English,
With those nouns and those verbs?
Should I shave my long legs,
Or should I use Nair?
Should my skin be dark,
Or can it be fair?
Should my eyes be blue,
If they’re green or brown?
Can my derriere be flat,
Or should it be round?
Should I slather on makeup,
Or let my face go bare?
Should I do up my nails,
Or go plain, should I care?
Should I buy a new car,
And trade-in my old one?
Should I work, work, work,
Or can I have some fun?
Should I go on vacation,
To maybe Spain or to Greece?
Should I buy a silk blouse,
Or just wear functional fleece?
Should I dress-up in heels,
Or wear my flip-flops around?
Should I buy a small pet,
Like a cat or foxhound?
Should my skirts be long,
Like down to my knees?
Or can I just wear pants,
Each day as I please?
Should I this? Can I that?
Oh, I really don’t care!
I will be me, Simply Me,
With that ME-Kind-Of-Flair!