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Never been one to follow the herd--
Aw, who'm I kiddin'? I'm a fuckin' nerd
Always the last one selected
Never one of the respected
Always at least one step behind the times
Coloring outside of the lines
I can't even figure out how to fit in with the rejected
Countercultural by default
Absorbed into the catch-all
Where all the refuse goes
All of us what doesn't know
And even in the ranks of nerddom
I feel like a six-foot sore thumb
When you're locked out of the geek brigade
Then you're fuckin' low
But I'm gonna be alright tonight!
I'm gonna make it after all!
I keep telling myself, trying to convince myself
But I'm too smart to fool myself
I play it cool, I talk much shit
If I can't have, I don't want it
But meanwhile? Secretly, inside?
Jealous of the cool guys
The ones who always know what to say
What clothes to wear, what games to play
I can't even figure out what comic books to buy
But I'm gonna be alright tonight!
I'm gonna make it after all!
I keep telling myself, trying to convince myself
But I'm too smart to fool myself
I had that dream again
The one where I fit in
And despite my role as an iconoclast
I gotta say it was kinda cool
Everyone laughed at all my jokes
I was the envy of the little folks
The ones who're just like me
It was beautiful...

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from Banish Gods From Skies and Capitalists From Earth, released July 1, 1997

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