Everybody told me that I'd never be someone I'm not a puppet on a string, no, no I'm not And everybody said that I was always breaking rules Why would I ever wanna put myself inside a box? I don't care what they say And who are they an-yway? The story of my life, it's mine I made it on my own, that's right And now I sing, na-na-na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey My life, it's mine, my, my life, it's mine They said if I was blonde that I could make it, so I did it Then they said, "You're almost perfect, but you talk too much", ha Try and dumb it down a little, make sure that you're in the middle Rock it all you want, but make it pop enough I don't care what they say And who are they an-yway? The story of my life, it's mine I made it on my own, that's right And now I sing, na-na-na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey My life, it's mine, my, my life It's the story of my life, that's right There's more to me than meets, the eye And now I sing, na-na-na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey My life, it's mine, my, my life, it's mine My life, yeah, I'm gonna be me Yeah I'm gonna believe it's right My life, yeah, I gotta be me Yeah I gotta believe it's right The story of my life, it's mine I made it on my own, that's right And now I sing, na-na-na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey My life, it's mine, my, my life It's the story of my life, that's right There's more to me than meets, the eye And now I sing, na-na-na-na-na-na, hey, hey, hey My life, it's mine, my, my life, it's mine My life, yeah, I'm gonna be me Yeah I'm gonna believe it's right My life, yeah, I gotta be me Yeah I gotta believe it's right I don't care what you say