I Never Fit In

©Lydia Lord

Well, I never fit in, I was just too big
Lookin’ down on the tops of their heads you dig?
I wanted to hang with the guys that rule
Thought if I was tough, that’d make me cool
Partied, and I fought, and I drank too much
Got way into trouble, way out of touch
Got myself hooked on alcohol
And that my friend ain’t cool at all

Chorus (2X):
Well, I never fit in, (clap, clap) no way
But now I know (clap) that’s ok

I knew I wasn’t cool cause I always had less
Than the kids who resided at the "right" address
When I did good stuff, had to be a mistake
Any minute now they’re gonna find I’m fake
Watchin’ from the sidelines, shy and afraid
The jocks and the cheerleaders, they had it made
All the other kids thought I was stuck up
Just a cover baby, I was scared I’d [hand over mouth]
Didn’t have the right moves
Didn’t have the clothes

All:
Didn’t know the things that
Everybody knows

Chorus (2X):
Well, I never fit in, (clap, clap) no way
But now I know (clap) that’s ok

Growin’ up in the country, I was out of the loop
Had no idea how to fit in the group
And the kids were mean when I came to town
Makin’ fun of my ways, and putting me down
Found me a gang of rough rude guys
And we beat kids up for the exercise
Lookin’ back now I’ll say it was wrong
What it meant to me then was a way to belong

Chorus (2X):
Well, I never fit in, (clap, clap) no way
But now I know (clap) that’s ok

Now I got dissed for bein’ a brain
And getting dissed is a major pain
And I got told that I’d better stay dumb
Cause a wife and mom was all I could ever become
Seems to me all the way through school
Everybody thinks that the other guy’s cool

All:
Spent a lot of time trying to be like they
Could have spent it better findin’ my own way