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LYRICS I WAS BORN THIS WAY Lyrics from the original Motown version. Exact transcription of Carl Bean version of lyrics as sung available on the Motown version follows.    (B. Jones - C. Spierer) I'm walking through life in nature's disguise You laugh at me and you criticize 'Cause I'm happy, carefree and gay Yes, I'm gay Ain't no fault - it's a fact I was born this way - yeah Now I won't judge you - don't you judge me We're all the way nature meant us to be Chorus I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way You call me strange 'cause you don't understand God's role for me in life's overall plan I've learned to hold my head up high Not in scorn nor disgrace Doin' my thing individually Entwined with this human race Now I won't judge you - don't you judge me We're all the way nature meant us to be Chorus You laugh at me and you got the nerve to criticize If I were you I'd sit down And consider what you're doin' Love me and I love you And together ain't no tellin' what we'll do Yeah - born I said From a little bitty bitty boy I was born this way I love you, I love you And even you - born this way - yeah I'm tellin' y'all one more time I was born this way, proud to tell it I was born this way Gonna shout it, tell the world about it I was born this way back to top      I WAS BORN THIS WAY Exact transcription of the lyrics as sung on the original Motown version, including Carl Bean's ad libs + the intro from the Better Days Mix.    (B. Jones - C. Spierer) Oh, Oh, at last I can be free, yeah Listen, I mean, I really can be me I'm walking through life in nature's disguise - yeah You laugh at me and you criticize - yeah 'Cause I'm happy, carefree and gay Yes, I'm gay Ain't no fault - it's a fact I was born this way - yeah Now I won't judge you - don't you judge me We're all the way nature meant us to be I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay You call me strange 'cause you don't understand - no God's role for me in life's overall plan - yeah I've learned to hold my head up high Not in scorn nor disgrace Doin' my thing individually Entwined with this human race Now I won't judge you, don't you judge me We're all the way nature made us to be I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay I was born this way I gotta tell the world about it - yeah I was born this way I feel good... I feel good - yeah, yeah I, I, I from a little bitty bitty boy Knew something about me had changed - changed! I was born this way You... you... you may not understand I was born this way I want the world to know I'm just ordinary folk Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah I was born this way Yes - tell the world I was born this way Run and shout it Run and shout it Help me Lord tell the world that I was born this way You laugh at me and you got the nerve to criticize - yeah If I were you, I'd sit down And consider what you're doin' Love me like I love you And together ain't no tellin' what we'll do Yeah - born I said Yeah - I was born this way From a little bitty bitty boy From a little bitty bitty boy I was born this way I love you I love you And even you - born this way - yeah I'm tellin' y'all one more time I was born this way Proud to tell it Proud to tell it Yeah, I was born this way Proud to tell it Proud to tell it I was born this way Run and shout it Tell the world about it Hey! Gay! Gay! I was born this way back to top