1
Be true to you, it’s not a sin
And it must be better than what you’re living in
Be true to you, it’s not a crime
If you wait any longer you’ll be running out of time
And the road that leads out is the one you will return
Familiar phrases inside you burn
And when you finally wake up and discover that you’re the one
You’ll realise within you’re time has come
Yes it’s your turn now!
2
Be true to you, be hard to please
And don’t apologise when you get up off your knees
Be true to you, the leaves are brown
Though the summer’s over can’t you see the autumn’s coming round
And don’t be easily discouraged if you find that you are late
It’s better than never, go, set a date
And don’t be stopping very often to re-check what is disallowed
It’ll only eat you up when you are down
Don’t let them make a fool of you!
And if you feel in the middle that your life has passed you by
Try with a friend to understand why
And if the people you are mixing with are lining up to seal your fate
Don’t deal the hand of death onto their plate
Don’t let them get the better of you!
3
You’re disappearing; you’re up in smoke
When you’re trying to be serious it turns into a joke
You’re never hearing, what you invoke
It’s not that you’re hypocritical it’s just the way you spoke
But don’t you know you deserve to be in heaven long before you die
And you’ve a perfect right to ask why
And don’t you know that when you shake it up and break it up and bring it down
And listen carefully, you’ll hear the sound
It’s falling down, it’s falling down, down, down
Outro
Be true to you, it’s not a sin
And it must be better than what you’re living in.
© Larry de Cléir