Dont Sell Me Short

we don t need any more mountains

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 me 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 cirtance

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

(2X)


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
(2x)
but you can t make me go away