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