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...no one in particular but to the people that matter….

”… you understand me now … If sometimes you see Im mad … Doncha know that no one alive can always be an angel? … When everything goes wrong you see some bad …

Well Im just a soul whose intentions are good … Oh lord, please dont let me be misunderstood …

Ya know sometimes I seem so carefree … With a joy thats hard to hide … Then sometimes it seems again that all I have is worry … And then you burn to see my other side

But Im just a soul whose intentions are good … Oh lord, please dont let me be misunderstood …

If I seem edgy … I want you to know … I never meant to take it out on you … Life has its problems … And I get more than my share … But thats me one thing I never mean to do …

Im just human … Dont you know I have faults like anyone …Sometimes I find myself alone regretting … … Some simple thing that Ive done

I/m just a soul whose intentions are good … Oh lord, please dont let me be misunderstood …

I try so hard … So dont let me be misunderstood …”


- exerpts from Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, by Nina Simone, (1964) gloria caldwell, sol marcus, bennie benjamin