I GREW UP IN THE MIDWEST COUNTRYSIDE

AND I HAD THREE PONIES, AND A DOG

MY PARENTS LOVED ME AND I KNEW IT

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THEIR SHARE OF ISSUES TO MOVE THROUGH

 

I ALWAYS DID WELL IN SCHOOL

AND I WAS ON THE A-TEAM

BUT I WAS SHY, SO TOLKIEN & BACH WERE MY BEST FRIENDS

MY SIBLINGS AND I HAD SOME FIGHTS AND WE CALLED EACH OTHER NAMES

BUT WE ALL GREW UP TO LIKE EACH OTHER AGAIN

AND I STILL LISTEN TO THE RADIO IN WHATEVER TOWN I’M IN

STILL SECRETLY DREAM OF BEING HEARD BY MILLIONS JUST LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID

 

BUT I’LL NEVER BE AN NPR ARTIST

MY LIFE JUST ISN’T THAT WEIRD

BUT I’D SURE LIKE TO BE

AN NPR ARTIST

AND SHOW THEM THAT NORMAL

DOESN’T FEEL NORMAL AT ALL

 

I LEFT MY SMALL TOWN AND MOVED TO THE BIG CITY

DID SOME DRUGS AND SLEPT IN TOO MANY BEDS

FOLLOWED MY DREAMS AND I CHECKED OFF ALMOST EVERY BOX

EXCEPT THE ONE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW MY NAME IN RED

 

OH I’LL NEVER BE AN NPR ARTIST

MY LIFE JUST ISN’T THAT WEIRD

BUT I’D SURE LIKE TO BE

AN NPR ARTIST

AND SHOW THEM THAT NORMAL

DOESN’T FEEL NORMAL AT ALL

 

EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THEIR STORY

RESOUNDING ACROSS THE WIRES

EVEN THE ORDINARY NEED TO FEEL

EXTRAORDINARY ONCE IN A WHILE

 

OH I’D SURE LIKE TO BE AN NPR ARTIST

EVEN THOUGH MY LIFE JUST ISN’T THAT WEIRD

I’D SURE LIKE TO BE AN NPR ARTIST

AND SHOW THEM THAT NORMAL

DOESN’T FEEL NORMAL AT ALL