Here I am more or less a man
 Second rate, the last in line
 One of life's little twists of fate
 But here I stand
 the unaccepted man [Neh 1:9]
 At the temple gate...

 Sometimes I sit and wonder why
 I was born
 When everything that I touch
 Seems to turn out wrong
 Though I'm a mistake
 There must be a place I belong

 But I'm outside looking in [Luke 15:14]
 (Life looks so easy, they all seem so happy)
 Yes, I'm outside looking in
 (And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
 I'm all alone without a friend
 'Cause I'm outside looking in

 The plan was laid
 I guess I was made this way [Psa 51:5]
 I've tried before
 but I just can't seem to change
 Still my heart longs to belong
 I wish there was a way

 But I'm outside looking in
 (The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Eph 2:21]
 Yes, I'm outside looking in
 (And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
 The celebration will begin
 While I'm still outside looking in

 Oh, I'm outside looking in [Gal 4:26]
 (They make it look easy to love and be happy)
 Yes, I'm outside looking in
 (I'm cast out and ugly and nobody loves me)
 Oh, nobody knows me now I'm outside looking in
 (The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Num 24:5]
 Oh, nobody sees the ones outside looking in
 (And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
 Oh, nobody knows me now
 As life goes on for them
 I will stay here in my sin
 'Cause I'm outside looking in