Don't 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
'Cause 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
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 your 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

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

You've been wrong too long
Don't brush me off
Just because I don't belong

Pass me on by and forget me when I die
Don't sell me short