There was a time in my life that I felt so all alone   That I never thought that someday I would have a happy home   A family and a four track radio shack microphone   A backyard and a hammock and a paid off student load   A backyard and a hammock and a paid off student load      So if you see me and I'm dreaming   About selling socks on ebay   Shake me hard till I'm awake   Stitches will unravel, the stitches will unravel   The stitches will unravel if you knit with fishing line   Though your cast will be refined   You'd be better off with twine      When I was a kid we would play Annie at recess   I was always Sandy because I was the smallest   From all that crawling on the blacktop    There were holes in all my jeans,    In the toes of my bowed shoes but I never complained   Because I didn't think that I could sing   See I never perfected that nasally thing   All the kids sang in the school play   Now I know it's better if we don't all sound the same   Now I know it's better if we don't all sound the same      So if you hear me and I'm screaming   About auditions for Annie   I hope you will try out with me   There are parts for everybody   And you don't need to be the dog unless you like being the doggy      He's up against a team that he has never seen before   And they march into the outfield like they're marching off to war   It's a good one out to right field but they're quick and make the play   And as the curtain closes he just bows and walks away   Singing, "If you're breathing you are living    If you're living you are learning   So write and write and keep on writing    Just make sure your life's exciting"      So if you see me and I've joined the roller derby   Know that I've become something I always wanted to be   Fast and strong and part of a team      Teacher, thanks for everything   You said "If you're breathing you are living    If you're living you are learning   So write and write and keep on writing    Just make sure your life's exciting   Write and write and keep on writing    Just make sure your life's exciting   Write and write and keep on writing    Just make sure your life's exciting   Just make sure your life's exciting   Just make sure your life's exciting