The Outsider

Lyrics

You don't have to be rich
 I don't have to be drunk in a ditch
 You don't have to be the top of your class
 I don't have to have wavers of brass
 You don't have to be cute
 I don't have to look good in a suit
 You don't have to have a dog in his race
 I don't have to have an egg on my face
 The outsider
 Is watching your back
 The outsider
 Cut me some slack
 The outsider
 Just a little off keel
 The outsider
 Is something you feel
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 I don't have to be straight
 You don't have to be something I hate
 I don't have to be white as a ghost
 You don't have to be dumb as a post
 I don't have to be hip
 You don't have to start losin' your grip
 I don't have to be right if you're wrong
 You don't have to be weak if I'm strong
 The outsider
 Like a coat when you're cold
 The outsider
 Like a friend when you're old
 The outsider
 A little devil may care
 The outsider
 It's just something that's there
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 You don't wanna be a saint
 I don't wanna be something I ain't
 First, you get a little long in the tooth
 Next you're tryin' to find a fountain of youth
 It's a pain in the butt
 But that's the trouble when you're stuck in a rut
 We don't have to find a permanent bliss
 But we've got to do better than this
 The outsider
 Like a stone, you don't throw
 The outsider
 Like a bomb, you don't blow
 The outsider
 Like a mountain, don't move
 The outsider
 You've got nothin' to prove
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:23
Key
7
Tempo
86 BPM

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