You're Not Special

(Ooh, ooh)

My mama always told me
"You're gonna be somebody
There's never been someone like you"
I never should have listened
But I was just a kid then
Took me a while to find the truth

That everybody else is just like
Everybody else who's just like
Everybody else who's just like you
You're like everybody else who tries like
Everybody else who cries like
Everybody else who dies like you

You're not special
(Ooh)
You're not special
(Ooh)

Thrown out and had the door shut
Kicked down but I got back up
It happens a million times each day
But don't ever meet your heroes
They're ordinary people
They'll only let you down
I learned the hard way
Always the hard way

That everybody else is just like
Everybody else who's just like
Everybody else who's just like you
You're like everybody else who tries like
Everybody else who cries like
Everybody else who dies like you

You're not special
(Ooh)
You're not special
(Ooh)
I'm not special
(Ooh)
We're not special
(Ooh)

Won't you lie to me?
Please just lie to me
Someone lie to me
'Cause I learned the hard way
Always the hard way

My mama always told me
"You're gonna be somebody
There's never been someone like you"

Everybody else is just like
Everybody else who's just like
Everybody else who's just like you
You're like everybody else who tries like
Everybody else who cries like
Everybody else who dies like you

You're not special
(Everybody else is just like) ooh
(Everybody else who's just like) you're not special
(Everybody else who's just like you) ooh
I'm not special
(Everybody else is tries like) ooh
(Everybody else who cries like) we're not special
(Everybody else who dies like you) ooh
No one's special