You Don't Have the Room

[Verse 1]

You don't have the room to make mistakes

(No room)

A trip, a slip, a fall is all it takes

(No room)

So you're a quiet smile, a pretty face

That never argues, just in case you're wrong

Lord, the songs you have to sing to them

When you don't mean a thing to them

[Verse 2]

You don't have the skin to bend the rules

(No skin)

The world will gladly suffer whiter fools

(No skin)

And when they screw it up, they justify

A second chance so they can try again

Running up a tab they'll never see

Becoming what you'll never be

[Chorus]

You parents said of course they always knew

They must be fools to ever count on you

But you don't have the room

You don't have the room

[Verse 3]

You don't have the means to make a mark

(No means)

Planting all your seeds but in the dark

(No means)

And though you're twice as fast, you carry more

So everything you're running for, you lose

Credit goes to them instead of you

'Cause they start out ahead of you

[Chorus]

I'm sure a stronger girl could rise above

The twin desires of dignity and love

But you don't have the room

You don't have the room