No - bod - y  can  tell_____  ya;__
There's  on - ly  one  song_ worth  sing - in'.
They  may  try and  sell__ ya,___
'cause  it  hangs  them up___ 
to   see____  some - one  like    you____

But  you've got-ta   make   your   own_____kind  of   mu - sic    
sing  your  own____spe  - cial   song,____ 
make  your own___kind   of  mu - sic  e-ven if no-bod-y 
else   sings    a   -   long__________

So   if  you   can  - not  take__ my  hand,__
and    if  you  must____ be  go - in',
I  will  un-der - stand._________________

You're gon-na  be  know - ing____
the  lone - li - est kind___ of lone - ly.
It  may  be  rough  go - in',____
just  to  do  your  thing's__ 
the  hard - est  thing____   to     do.

But  you've got-ta   make   your   own_____kind  of   mu - sic    
sing  your  own____spe  - cial   song,____ 
make  your own___kind   of  mu - sic  e-ven if no-bod-y 
else   sings    a   -   long__________

So   if  you   can  - not  take__ my  hand,__
and    if  you  must____ be  go - in',
I  will  un-der - stand._________________

You got-ta   make   your   own_____kind  of   mu - sic    
sing  your  own____spe  - cial   song,____ 
make  your own___kind   of  mu - sic  e-ven if no-bod-y 
else   sings    a   -   long__________

Circa 1968
Words and Music by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil