Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone

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[Verse 1]
            
  Baby, you un

   
derstand me no

w
             
  If sometimes

              
 you see that 

   
I'm mad

  Don't you kn

ow no one aliv

e
      
Can always be 

an angel?
            
  When everyth

              
ing goes wrong

      
, you see some

 bad


[Chorus]
             
But I'm just a

              
 soul whose in


tentions are g

ood
          
     Oh Lord, 

              
please don't l

              
et me be misun

       
derstood


[Verse 2]
            
  You know som

              
etimes baby, I

     
'm so carefree
             
With a joy tha

       
t's hard to hi

de
            
 And then some

              
times again it

              
 seems that al

  
l I have is wo

rry
            
 And then you'

              
re bound to se

      
e my other sid

e


[Chorus]
             
But I'm just a

              
 soul whose in


tentions are g

ood
          
     Oh Lord, 

              
please don't l

              
et me be misun

       
derstood


[Bridge]
            
 If I seem edg

             
y, I want you 

   
to know
             
I never mean t

             
o take it out 

   
on you
            
Life has its p

             
roblems, and I

          
 get more than

 my share
             
But that's one

              
 thing I never

         
 mean to do, '

cause I love y

ou


[Verse 3]
         
  Oh, oh baby,

 I'm just huma

n
             
  Don't you kn

              
ow I have faul

     
ts like anyone

?
            
  Sometimes I 

              
find myself al

  
one, regrettin

g
              
Some little fo

            
olish thing, s

           
ome simple thi

ng that I've d

one


[Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm jus

              
t a soul whose

 
 intentions ar

e good
          
      Oh Lord,

              
 please don't 

              
let me be misu

        
nderstood


[Outro]
(         
Don't let me b


e misunderstoo

d
            
I try so hard,

           
 so please don

't let me be m

isunderstood

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