Outside Looking In
Neal Morse
www.nealmorse.com
By Álvaro e Pacheco - Apollo 11 (Brazil)
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Here I am more or less a man
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Second rate, the last in line
G D
One of life’s little twists of fate
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But here I stand
the unaccepted man [Neh 1:9]
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At the temple gate...
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Sometimes I sit and wonder why
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I was born
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When everything that I touch
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Seems to turn out wrong
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Though I’m a mistake
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There must be a place I belong
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But I’m outside looking in [Luke 15:14]
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(Life looks so easy, they all seem so happy)
C D G
Yes, I’m outside looking in
G Dm Am7
(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)
C D Em
I’m all alone without a friend
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’Cause I’m outside looking in
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The plan was laid
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I guess I was made this way [Psa 51:5]
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I’ve tried before
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but I just can’t seem to change
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Still my heart longs to belong
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I wish there was a way
C D G
But I’m outside looking in
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(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Eph 2:21]
C D G
Yes, I’m outside looking in
G Dm Am7
(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)
C D Em
The celebration will begin
C D G
While I’m still outside looking in
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Oh, I’m outside looking in [Gal 4:26]
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(They make it look easy to love and be happy)
D E A
Yes, I’m outside looking in
A Em Bm7
(I’m cast out and ugly and nobody loves me)
D E A
Oh, nobody knows me now I’m outside looking in
A Em Bm7
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Num 24:5]
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Oh, nobody sees the ones outside looking in
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(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)
Oh, nobody knows me now
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As life goes on for them
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I will stay here in my sin
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’Cause I’m outside looking in
