I Like To Feel Pretty Inside - Tom T. Hall

A mink wears a mink coat the whole year around

Even when he is not going to town

A skunk has a stripped coat, it’s pretty he thinks

Although we all know he stinks

An elephant has hide as hard as a rock

A zebra has stripes and the leopard has spots

Sometimes I’m sad when I look at my hide

But I’d rather feel pretty inside

I like to feel pretty inside, don’t you?

I like being kind and I like being true

I like to like me when I close my eyes

I like to feel pretty inside, oh, I like to feel pretty inside

If a mink wore a fur coat the whole year around

If he had to wear it when he went to town

If a skunk had a red coat and smell like a rose

Do you think he’d turn up his nose?

If elephants have fur as likely as not

A leopard would have stripes and the zebra have spots

I guess it would be great to have a new hide

But I’d rather feel pretty inside

I like to feel pretty inside, don’t you?

I like being kind and I like being true

I like to like me