When I was just a little girl my momma used to tuck me into bed
and she read my a story

It always was about a princess in distress and how a guy would save her and end up with the glory

I lie in bed and think about the person that I want to be
Then one day I realized
The fairy tale life wasn't for me

I don't wanna be like Cinderella
Sitting in a dark cold dusty cellar
Waitin for somebody
To come and set me free
I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me
On a horse of white
Unless we're riding side by side
Don't wanna depend on no one else
I rather rescue myself

Someday I'm gunna find someone who wants my soul, heart, and mind and is not afraid to show that 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) I will be there for him just as long as he will be there for me
When I get myself that it has got to be an equal thing

I don't wanna be like Cinderella
Sitting in a dark cold dusty cellar
Waitin for somebody
To come and set me free
I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me
On a horse of white
Unless we're riding side by side
Don't wanna depend on no one else
I rather rescue myself (rescue myself ...no oh)

I can slay my own dragons
I can dream my own dreams
My knight in shining armor
Is me
So I'm gunna set me free

I don't wanna be like Cinderella
Sitting in a dark cold dusty cellar
Waitin for somebody
To come and set me free
I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me
On a horse of white
Unless we're riding side by side

I don't wanna be like Cinderella
Sitting in a dark cold dusty cellar
Waitin for somebody
To come and set me free
I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me
On a horse of white
Unless we're riding side by side
Don't wanna depend on no one else
I rather rescue myself....Ooohh)

I don't wanna be like Cinderella
Sitting in a dark cold dusty cellar
Waitin for somebody
To come and set me free (Oooooh)
I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me
On a horse of white
Unless we're riding side by side
Don't wanna depend on no one else
I rather rescue myself