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 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 circumstance 
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 
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 
 
 
[Thanks to  piperbunny@occultmail.com  for these lyrics]