we don t need any more mountains cause 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 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 oh oh you ve been wrong too long don t brush me off oh oh 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 oh oh oh oh i might not be who you thought we don t need any more fables cause 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 a fix of rapture in a trance oh oh fates are sealed by circumstance so you ve got to take a chance don t sell me short oh oh you ve been wrong too long don t brush me off oh oh just because i don t belong pass me on by ignore my cry forget me when i die just don t sell me short oh oh oh oh 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 you just wanna flush me down the drain but you can t make me go away don t sell me short oh oh you ve been wrong too long don t brush me off oh oh 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 oh oh oh oh i might not be who you thought don t sell me short oh oh you ve been wrong too long don t brush me off oh oh just because i don t belong pass me on by you can forget me when i die don t sell me short oh oh oh oh 