You Can Only Be You (Spike and Friends song)

You Can Only Be You is a song from the Spike the Dragon and Friends special, The Great Race. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends song of the same name.

Cast

 * Spike as Thomas
 * Princess Ember as Ashima
 * Apple Bloom as Annie
 * Sweetie Belle as Clarabel
 * Caramel as Harvey (fantasy)
 * Flash Sentry as Stephen (fantasy)
 * Angel as Bertie (fantasy)
 * Owlowiscious as Harold (fantasy)
 * GC Mr. Conductor (from Shining Time Station) as Alfie (fantasy)
 * Tito Swing (from Shining Time Station) as Oliver (The Pack) (fantasy)
 * Steven Magnet as Captain (fantasy)

Lyrics

 * Princess Ember: Every animal that I ever knew
 * Was at least a little different from the others
 * And some of were very, very different too
 * Even from their sisters and their brothers


 * You can only be you
 * There's nothing else you can possibly do
 * It's plain to me that you're trying too hard
 * So instead, just be who you are

Spike: I don't wanna be me.


 * Princess Ember: You wish you could be faster, bigger, stronger
 * You wish you could have more than two small legs
 * You think if you were just a little longer
 * You'd have more Equestria Show appeal

Spike: Of course!


 * Every bit of me is short and stumpy
 * My head and my scales and my tail
 * Can't you see my skin's old and frumpy?
 * That's why I'll be the one who's left at home


 * Why do I have to be me?
 * Is this what I'm really meant to be?
 * Break me, shake me, take me all apart
 * There has to be a better place to start


 * Princess Ember: Every bit of you is neat and tidy
 * There's nothing that you need to rearrange
 * If you ask me, you're completely bona-fide
 * What makes you think there's anything to change?


 * Spike: Why do I have to be me?
 * Is this what I'm really meant to be?
 * Princess Ember: Calm down, be quiet
 * You know in your heart
 * There isn't any other place to start


 * Spike: Why do I have to be me?
 * Princess Ember: You can only be you
 * Spike: Is this what I'm really meant to be?
 * Princess Ember: There's nothing else you can do
 * Spike: Shake me, break me, take me all apart
 * And find a better place to start


 * Princess Ember: You don't have to try, just be who you are
 * And trust your two small legs to take you far