in the dust

you guys, you guys

you're ahead of the pack

you know where you're going

you have the right ideas

and you're gonna go places

on the other hand, other hand

i'm over here behind you,

watchin' you run the show

wishing i was just like the others

with their talents and bright lights

ooh, ooh, ooh

don't you know, i'm tired of being

left in the dust, in the dust

ooh, ooh, ooh

can't you see, there's more to me

than just this shy little girl

trying to fit into this world

she's trying to find her place,

but there's no place for her

she's just left in the dust,

in the dust

i see, i see my friends

they're always the shining stars

so brilliant and dazzling,

and i love them, i'm proud of them

i'm happy for who they are

but at the same time, same time

i wish i could be proud of myself,

say i was the one who got a good score on that math test everybody failed

say that i'm the best artist in my grade, and everybody knows it

say i'm so smart, so pretty, so sweet, and i'm a bit of an athlete

but here i am, and all i can say about myself, that i'm happy about

i can breathe, i'm alive, barely making it through life

ooh, ooh, ooh

don't you know, i'm tired of being

left in the dust, in the dust

ooh, ooh, ooh

can't you see, there's more to me

than just this shy little girl

trying to fit into this world

she's trying to find her place,

but there's no place for her

she's just left in the dust,

in the dust

yeah, i wish i could be that girl

the one who's super pretty

the one who everybody likes,

the one that they all look up to

but it's someone i'll never be

oh, all my best friends, they're so smart

they're amazing, they could do it all

dancers, artists, singers,

they're perfect in every way

but ooh, ooh, ooh

don't you know, i'm tired of being

left in the dust, in the dust

ooh, ooh, ooh

can't you see, there's more to me

than just this shy little girl

trying to fit into this world

she's trying to find her place,

but there's no place for her

she's just left in the dust,

in the dust

and i wish, i wish

i could be a little smarter,

a little prettier, a little better

i wish that i could be someone else

so i wouldn't have to feel bad about myself

yeah i know everyone's got their problems,

sometimes i can only see my own

but i see everybody else, i see it all

and i still think i have it worse off

cause i just don't seem to match up

ooh, ooh, ooh

don't you know, i'm tired of being

left in the dust, in the dust

ooh, ooh, ooh

can't you see, there's more to me

than just this shy little girl

trying to fit into this world

she's trying to find her place,

but there's no place for her

she's just left in the dust,

in the dust

ooh, ooh, ooh

i'm being left in the dust

can't see anything else

i hate being behind

but i'm just another step back in time

keep making the same mistakes,

going through the same heartaches

ooh, ooh, ooh

i'm just left in the dust