Standing Out in a Crowd Lyrics

INTRO: C G C G F C G C F C G
Mother said stand up straight
Don't let your classmates make
You feel like you don't belong
So, you're not like the rest of them
Someday the best of them
Will realize they were wrong
But in my world, different meant lonely
The last place I wanted to be, was
CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
What are they whispering about?
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
You can't see the grace in it
Standing out in a crowd
Too short, too tall
Flower against the wall
The last one chosen to play
Too smart, too dumb
Too strange a place to be from
Same shoes every day
With all these ways to be different
Then maybe that's how you fit in, by
CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
What are they whispering about?
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
Instead of embracing it
Standing out in a crowd
BRIDGE:
It's funny how now
It's not such a bad place to be____
Standing out in a crowd
Standing out in a crowd
CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
What are they whispering about?
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
There's no escaping it
Standing out in a crowd
Standing out in a crowd
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)