You Can Only Be You (also called "Six Small Wheels") is the fourth song featured in The Great Race. The song is reprised at the end of the special as Be Who You Are, and Go Far.
Lyrics[]
- Ashima: Every engine that I ever knew
- Was at least a little different from the others
- And some 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
- Thomas: (spoken) "I don't wanna be me."
- Ashima: You wish you could be faster, bigger, stronger
- You wish you could have more than six small wheels
- You think if you were just a little longer
- You'd have more Railway Show appeal
- Thomas: Of course!
- Every bit of me is short and stumpy
- My funnel and my boiler and my dome
- Can't you see my paintwork'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
- Ashima: 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?
- Thomas: Why do I have to be me?
- Is this what I'm really meant to be?
- Ashima: Calm down, be quiet
- You know in your heart
- There isn't any other place to start
- Thomas: Why do I have to be me?
- Ashima: You can only be you
- Thomas: Is this what I'm really meant to be?
- Ashima: There's nothing else you can do
- Thomas: Shake me, break me, take me all apart
- And find a better place to start
- Ashima: You don't have to try, just be who you are
- And trust your six small wheels to take you far
Characters[]
- Thomas
- Ashima
- Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
- Harvey (fantasy)
- Stephen (fantasy)
- Bertie (fantasy)
- Alfie (fantasy)
- Oliver (fantasy)
- Harold (fantasy)
- Captain (fantasy)
Locations[]
- The Watermill
- The Fenland Track
- Knapford
Cast[]
- John Hasler as Thomas (UK)
- Joseph May as Thomas (US)
- Tina Desai as Ashima
Trivia[]
- When Ashima sings, the lyrics are green, but when Thomas sings, the lyrics are default yellow. This is also the first music video to feature lyrics in a different colour.
- When this song was uploaded on the official Thomas & Friends YouTube channel, it was titled "Six Small Wheels," which was the fan-made name for this song and Be Who You Are, and Go Far before their proper names were revealed.
- An instrumental version of the song is heard when Thomas and Ashima first meet.
Goofs[]
- In one scene, Annie and Clarabel disappear and then appear with Ashima.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Czech | Vždycky buď pěkně svůj |
| German | Du bist immer nur du |
| Japanese | あなたはあなた |
| Portuguese | Você é o que é |
| Russian | Будь самим собой |
| Spanish | Solo Puedes Ser Tú / Solo Tú Puedes Ser |