The school board says he can't come to school, no more
Unless he wears his hair like he wore  it before.
The PTA and all the mothers
Say he ought to look like the others

Home of the brave, land of the free
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be

The kids all laugh at his hair and funny clothes
And more than once he's gone home with a bloody nose
He's not like them and they can't ignore it
So they all hate him for it

Home of the brave, land of the free
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be

It really burns me up, when they put him down
He's the only one whose saying something in this whole town
Instead of those the trouble they hand him
Why don't they try to understand him

Home of the brave, land of the free
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be

He never hurt nobody
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be
He's just a little bit different
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be
You got to understand him.
Why won't you let him be what.....

