Rodney Crowell - The Outsider lyrics

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You don’t have to be rich

I don’t have to be drunk in a ditch

You don’t have to be the top of your class

I don’t have to have huevos of brass

You don’t have to be cute

I don’t have to look good in a suit

You don’t have to have a dog in this race

I don’t have to have an egg on my face

The outsider, is watching your back

The outsider, cut me some slack

The outsider, just a little off keel

The outsider, just something you feel

I don’t have to be straight

You don’t have to be something I hate

I don’t have to be white as a ghost

You don’t have to be dumb as a post

I don’t have be hip

You don’t have to start losing your grip

I don’t have to be right if you’re wrong

You don’t have to be weak if I’m strong

The outsider, like a coat when your cold

The outsider, like a friend when your old

The outsider, a little devil may care

The outsider, is just something that's there

You don’t wanta be a saint

I don’t wanta be something I ain't

First you get a little long in the tooth

Next you tryin to find the fountain of youth

It’s a pain in the butt

That's the trouble when you're stuck in a rut

We don’t have to find a permanent bliss

But we’ve gotta do better than this

The outsider, like a stone you don’t throw

The outsider, like a bomb you don’t blow

The outsider, like a mountain don’t move

The outsider, ya got nothing to prove<br />

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Thanks to Razvan