There was a time in my life that I felt so all alonenThat I never thought that someday I would have a happy homenA family and a four track radio shack microphonenA backyard and a hammock and a paid off student loadnA backyard and a hammock and a paid off student loadnnSo if you see me and I'm dreamingnAbout selling socks on ebaynShake me hard till I'm awakenStitches will unravel, the stitches will unravelnThe stitches will unravel if you knit with fishing linenThough your cast will be refinednYou'd be better off with twinennWhen I was a kid we would play Annie at recessnI was always Sandy because I was the smallestnFrom all that crawling on the blacktop nThere were holes in all my jeans, nIn the toes of my bowed shoes but I never complainednBecause I didn't think that I could singnSee I never perfected that nasally thingnAll the kids sang in the school playnNow I know it's better if we don't all sound the samenNow I know it's better if we don't all sound the samennSo if you hear me and I'm screamingnAbout auditions for AnnienI hope you will try out with menThere are parts for everybodynAnd you don't need to be the dog unless you like being the doggynnHe's up against a team that he has never seen beforenAnd they march into the outfield like they're marching off to warnIt's a good one out to right field but they're quick and make the playnAnd as the curtain closes he just bows and walks awaynSinging, If you're breathing you are living nIf you're living you are learningnSo write and write and keep on writing nJust make sure your life's excitingnnSo if you see me and I've joined the roller derbynKnow that I've become something I always wanted to benFast and strong and part of a teamnnTeacher, thanks for everythingnYou said If you're breathing you are living nIf you're living you are learningnSo write and write and keep on writing nJust make sure your life's excitingnWrite and write and keep on writing nJust make sure your life's excitingnWrite and write and keep on writing nJust make sure your life's excitingnJust make sure your life's excitingnJust make sure your life's exciting