Aretha Franklin - Someone Else’s Eyes

This is my life
And it’s my right to live the way I want to live each day
That’s what I wanna say
And this is my song
And for too long I sang someone else’s melody
It wasn’t really me
Somehow I took myself for granted
In someone else’s eyes

I saw reflections of the girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seeing a woman who’s defined by you, I never realized
I can’t love you, I can’t love me through someone else’s eyes

You were the sun
I was the one who just revolved around you day and night
You were my only life
But if I were free
Baby, I’d take control of everything inside of me
Find who I wanna be
I’d never take myself for granted
In someone else’s eyes

I saw reflections of the girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seeing a woman who’s defined by you, I never realized
I can’t love you, I can’t love me in someone else’s eyes

I gotta show myself I can still exist without a man
Gotta finally take control, gotta see myself as whole with you
Though you’re not the one to blame, I was lost inside your name
And I’ll never be the same till I find a way back home again
In someone else’s eyes

I saw reflections of the girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seeing a woman who’s defined by you, I never realized you
When I, I can not, and I will not, you can’t make me (I can’t love you, I can’t love you)
Ooh, through someone else’s eyes

Ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby
Till I find my way back home again
Through someone else’s eyes

I saw reflections of the girl I was, hey, who caught me by surprise (it took me, me by, surprise)
Seeing a woman who’s defined by you, I never realized
I can’t love you, I can’t love you through someone else’s eyes (I can’t love you, I can’t love you)

Ooh, someone else’s eyes, oh baby (ooh, someone else’s eyes)
Ooh, someone else’s eyes, can’t do it, can’t do it (ooh, someone else’s eyes)
I, I love you, sweet baby, I wanna be with you, baby (oh, I can’t love you)
Through someone else’s eyes
Ooh, someone else’s eyes, oh baby (ooh, someone else’s eyes)
Ooh, oh yeah, someone else’s eyes (ooh, someone else’s eyes)
I wanna be by your side, God, would you heard this lady’s cry? (oh, I can’t love you, I can’t love you)
Yeah, baby