We don´t need any more mountains
because the trail builders
failed to give us passage there
so we can´t reach the sky
we don´t need any more failure
there is human tragedy
that´s written everywhere
and we are all too young to die
like a mystery that´s here to stay
some people never go away
cuz they´ve got something to say
don´t sell me short!
you´ve been wrong too long
don´t brush me off
just because I don´t belong
like it or not I´m all you´ve got,
dispose when I´m shot
just don´t sell me short,
I might not be who you thought
we don´t need any more fables
because the writers have passed
and left us lessonless
and we must find our own way
we don´t need any more privilege
there is vivid desperation
that is powerless
that no surplus can repay
like the fix of rapture in a trance
oh, fates are sealed by circumstance
so you´ve got to take a chance
don´t sell me short!
you´ve been wrong too long
don´t brush me off
just because I don´t belong
pass me on by, ignore my cry,
forget me when I die
just don´t sell me short,
not while I´m still alive
everybody´s talking about heaven on earth,
I´m still trying to figure out
just what I´m worth
I´m full of emotion
and stuff you can´t contain
and you just want to
flush me down the drain
but you can´t make me go away