I'm Not Like Everybody Else

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music/Carlin Music Corp.

Chord file

Lyrics:

I won't take all that they hand me down,
And make out a smile, though I wear a frown,
And I'm not gonna take it all lying down,
'Cause once I get started I go to town.

'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

But darling, you know that I love you true,
Do anything that you want me to,
Confess all my sins like you want me to,
There's one thing that I will say to you,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else.

If you all want me to settle down,
Slow up and stop all my running 'round,
Do everything like you want me to,
There's one thing that I will say to you,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else.

This song can be found on the following releases:

simulated stereo (3:29), recorded probably Jan 1966 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix (3:29), recorded probably Jan 1966 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix, alternate vocal (3:29), recorded 12 May, 1966 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

alt mono mix, by The Chocolate Watch Band (3:45), recorded Oct 1966 at Los Angeles, California

live, stereo mix, by Eleanor Rigby, recorded 1985

stereo mix, by Eleanor Rigby, recorded 1986

stereo mix, by The Wolfhounds, recorded 1989

stereo mix, BBC recording, recorded 7 Oct, 1994 at Maida Vale Studios, London

live, stereo mix, recorded 25 Nov, 1993 at Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland

live, stereo mix (5:30), recorded 29 Apr, 1997 at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California

live, stereo mix (5:32), recorded 30 Apr 1997 at The Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, California

live, stereo mix, recorded 26 or 29 Nov, 1997 at The Bottom Line, New York City

live, stereo mix, recorded 6 Oct, 1999 at Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

stereo mix, by Chris Locke, recorded 2000

live, stereo mix, recorded Spring-Summer 2002 at Unknown venue

live, stereo mix, recorded 13 Jun, 2004 at Stadtwerke Open Air Festival, Potsdam, Germany

stereo mix, by the Sunny Afternoon original London cast (1:46), recorded Aug-Sep 2014 at Konk Studios, North London

live, stereo mix (2:43), recorded 24-25 Nov 2014 at City Winery, New York City

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