You know you can`t live in the water you`d just be wet all the time
Your hands would get wrinkled your face would turn blue
And you`d wind up on somebody`s line
That`s why you can`t be a fish water is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a fish that`s why you have to be you
You know you can`t live in the air why you`d be in the clouds all the time
You`d get dizzy from being so high and you must have wings if you fly
So that`s why you can`t be a bird flying is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a bird that`s why you have to be you
You know you can`t live in a tree for one thing the trees`re too tall
There`s nothing to eat in a tree and there`s always a chance you could fall
That`s why you can`t be a squirrel climbing is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a squirrel that`s why you have to be you
But it`s okay to be you just being yourself you`ll go far
It`s really okay to be you I love you the way you are (ain`t we great)
Your hands would get wrinkled your face would turn blue
And you`d wind up on somebody`s line
That`s why you can`t be a fish water is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a fish that`s why you have to be you
You know you can`t live in the air why you`d be in the clouds all the time
You`d get dizzy from being so high and you must have wings if you fly
So that`s why you can`t be a bird flying is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a bird that`s why you have to be you
You know you can`t live in a tree for one thing the trees`re too tall
There`s nothing to eat in a tree and there`s always a chance you could fall
That`s why you can`t be a squirrel climbing is not what you do
That`s why you can`t be a squirrel that`s why you have to be you
But it`s okay to be you just being yourself you`ll go far
It`s really okay to be you I love you the way you are (ain`t we great)