The Outsider Lyrics - Rodney Crowell

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 wavers 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 his 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 is 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 

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I don't have to be hip 

You don't have to start losin' 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 you're cold 

The outsider like a friend when you're old 

The outsider a little devil may care 

The outsider it's just something that's there 

You don't wanna be a saint 

I don't wanna be something I ain't 

First you get a little long in the tooth 

Next you're tryin' to find a fountain of youth 

It's a pain in the butt 

But that's the trouble when you're stuck in a rut 

We don't have to find a permanent bliss 

But we've got to do better than this 

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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 you've got nothin' to prove