You owe a lot to self-pity   it got you through your darkest days   and anybody looking at the record   would say you had a case   you never imagined   that you'd ever really make it through   and now that you have, you don't know what to do   the future has arrived, but where are you?      ooh wah ooh, I see you crying   ooh wah ooh, I hear you trying   though you've got it down to a science   self-pity won't help you now      look at yourself,   do you really believe   that the world needs to see   another aging enfant terrible?      Alienation makes the world go round   and as a fashion statement   it's absolutely sound   but you're not really an alian, as such   self-confidence makes you seem so out of touch   but self-pity seems like it's a bit too much      ooh wah ooh, looks like you blew it   ooh wah ooh, looks like you knew it   though you taught the world how to do it   self-pity won't help you now.