How come I can pick my ears
but not my nose
who made up that rule anyway
how can you say that s the way it is
that s just the way it goes
why don t you decide for yourself
what you can do
and what you can say

how come I can pick my friends
but not my enemies
what is it about me that offends
what is it about me
cause you know I m only five foot two
and I m giggly wiggly
tell me againwhat did I do
why are you scared of me
I fight with love
and I laugh with rage
you ve gotta live light enough
to see the humour
and long enough to see some change

I think shy is boring
I think depressed is too
I think pretty is nice
but I d rather see something new
all these plastic people
got their plastic surgery
but we got a big big beautiful
we got it for free
who you gonna be
if you can t be yourself
you can t get it from t.v.
you can t force it on
anybody else

you know they come to clear cut
they come to strip mine
they come for some of my big butt
my big brain
or just a little time
they wanna take me out to dinner
think I m a bitch if I don t go
seems like the people who actually like me
won t allow me to say no
your idea of a conversation
is the third degree
but I don t really know you
and I don t really want to talk about me

cause I m not going to pretend
that I don t pick my nose
that s just the way it ismy friends
that s just the way it goes
this is who I am
what I do
and what I say
if you like itlet it be
if you don tplease do the same
I fight with love
I laugh with rage
you gotta live light enough to see the humour
and long enough to see some change

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