Standing Out In A Crowd Lyrics

by Trisha Yearwood

Mother said stand up straight,
Don't let your classmates make you feel like you don't belong.
So you're not like the rest of them,
someday the best of them, will realize they were wrong.
But in my world, different meant lonely,
the last place I wanted to be, was

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CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd,
Where the spotlight finds you, and singles you out.
What are they whispering about?
Thinking up ways to take up less space,
Can't see the grace in it,
Standing out in a crowd.

Too short, too tall, flower against the wall,
The last one chosen to play.
Too smart, too dumb, too strange a place to be from,
Same shoes everyday.
With all these ways to be different,
Then maybe that's how you fit in, by

CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd,
Where the spotlight finds you, and singles you out.
What are they whispering about?
Thinking up ways to take up less space,
Instead of embracing it,
Standing out in a crowd.

It's funny how now, it's not such a bad place to be,
Standing out in a crowd
Standing out in a crowd.

CHORUS:
Standing out in a crowd,
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out.
What are they whispering about?
Thinking up ways to take up less space,
There's no escaping it,
Standing out in a crowd.