Sheryl Crow

On The Outside

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I stood close enough to hear you say
"Do as the beautiful once did"
Tore out my picture from its frame
Just wanted to be one of you

Standing on the outside
Lookin'
Lookin'
Funny how you see the truth
But the feeling does come back
To you

She's crazy as anyone can be
That's what they say
They say it me
Wanting love can make one do
Isn't my fault
Heredity

Standin' on the outside
Lookin'
Lookin'
State of grace
State of sin
Standin' on the outside
Lookin'
Lookin'
I cannot feel a single thing
But the feeling does come back
Again Just what it feels like yesterday
Yesterday follows me around
Where do you go when no one cares?
Six feet under
Underground

Standin' on the outside
Lookin'
Lookin'
State of grace
State of sin
Standin' on the outside
Lookin'
Lookin'
I cannot feel a single thing
But the feeling will come back
Again - again

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spliphstar On Jan 16, 2002

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by motrhed13

17y ago

This song is about never finding your place, never fitting in. Everyone around you seems to have their stuff together, know what they're doing, know where they're going and no problem ever comes up that they can't take care of. That makes you feel like even more of a mess. It feels like no matter what you do or how hard you try you just never quite belong. You're never quite good enough. That's what it sounds like to me on it's own, but it fit perfectly on the "Songs in the Key of X" CD and that it summed Mulder up perfectly. Except for the "she" parts.

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