You Can Only Be You

Every engine that I ever knew

Was at least a little different from the others

And some were very, very different, too

Even from their sisters and their brothers

You can only be you

There's nothing else you can possibly do

It's plain to me that you're trying too hard

So instead, just be who you are

I don't wanna be me

You wish you could be faster, bigger, stronger

You wish you could have more than six small wheels

You think if you were just a little longer

You'd have more Railway Show appeal

Of course!

Every bit of me is short and stumpy

My funnel, and my boiler, and my dome

Can't you see my paintwork's old and frumpy?

That's why I'll be the one who's left at home

Why do I have to be me?

Is this what I'm really meant to be?

Break me, shake me, take me all apart

There has to be a better place to start

Every bit of you is neat and tidy

There's nothing that you need to rearrange

If you ask me, you're completely bona fide

What makes you think there's anything to change?

Why do I have to be me?

Is this what I'm really meant to be?

Calm down, be quiet

You know in your heart

There isn't any other place to start

Why do I have to be me?

(You can only be you)

Is this what I'm really meant to be?

(There's nothing else you can do)

Shake me, break me, take me all apart

And find a better place to start

You don't have to try

Just be who you are

And trust your six small wheels

To take you far