When I was just a little girl

My Mama used to tuck me into bed

And she read me a story

It always was about a prince, a cinder's dress

And how a guy would save her

And end up with glory

I'd lie in bed and think aboutthe person that

I want to be

Though one day I realized

The fairy-tale life

Wasn't for me

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark, old, dusty cellar

Waitin' for somebody

To come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waitin'

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white

Unless we're ridin' side by side

Don't wanna depend on no one else

I'd rather rescue myself

Someday I'm gonna find someone

Who wants my soul, heart, and mind

Who's not afraid to show he loves me

Somebody who will understand

I'm happy just the way I am

Don't need nobody takin' care of me

I will be there for him

Just as long as he

Will be there for me

When I get myself steady

It's got to be

An equal thing

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark, old, dusty cellar

Waitin' for somebody

To come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waitin'

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white

Unless we're ridin' side by side

Don't wanna depend on no one else

I'd rather rescue myself

(Rescue myself)

Oh, oh

I can slay my own dragons

I can dream my own dreams

My knight in shining armor

Is me

So I'm gonna set me free

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark, old, dusty cellar

Waitin' for somebody

To come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waitin'

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white

Unless we're ridin' side by side

Don't wanna depend on no one else

I'd rather rescue myself

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark, old, dusty cellar

Waitin' for somebody

To come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waitin'

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white

Unless we're ridin' side by side

Don't wanna depend on no one else

I'd rather rescue myself

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark, old, dusty cellar

Waitin' for somebody

To come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waitin'

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white

Unless we're ridin' side by side

Don't wanna depend on no one else

I'd rather rescue myself