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