I'm walking through life in nature's disguise You laugh at me and you criticize Cause I'm happy, carefree, and gay Yes, I'm gay Ain't no fault of the fact I was born this way Now I won't judge you, don't you judge me Here are the ways nature meant us to be I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay Yeah, you call me strange, but you don't understand No, God's wrong for me in life's overall plan Yeah, I've learned to hold my head up high Not in scorn or disgrace Doin' my thing individually Twined with this human race Now I won't judge you, don't you judge me Here are the ways nature meant us to be I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I want the world to know I'm gay, I'm gay, I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay I was born this way I'm happy, I'm carefree, and I'm gay You laugh at me And you got the nerve to criticize If I were you I'd sit down And consider what you're doing Love me Like I love you And together Ain't no telling what you'll do Yeah Born, I say Yeah, I was born this way From a little bitty boy From a little bitty boy I was born this way I love you I love you And even you Born this way Yeah I will tell you One more time I was born this way Proud to tell it Proud to tell it Yeah I was born this way Proud to tell it Proud to tell it Yeah I was born this way Born this way Proud to tell it Tell the world about it I'm gay I'm gay Born Born