(Difford/Tilbrook) 



Give me a plate and I'd break it  

Show me a smile and I'd cry  

Give me your love and I'd hate it  

Tell me the truth and I'd lie  

Give me a crust and I'd burn it  

Show me the way and I'd shout  

Give me a page and I'd turn it  

Well you could never put me down  



Misunderstood like a cockroach  

(As tasty as a crab)  

Who just tries to live for the day  

(My world's on my back)  

People won't need to be frightened  

(As frightened as I am)  

Excepting I was born this way  

Don't sweep me under the carpet  

(Tomorrow I'll be there)  

Don't file me away for my sins  

(There's some I can repair)  

Friends are now beginning to say  

(So pleased with their despair)  

How come I don't talk to him  

I didn't talk to him  



Give me an egg and I'd suck it  

Show me the sun and I'd freeze  

Give me a nest and some honey  

Keep all the birds and the bees, please  

Helplessness under my wing  

People said don't talk to him