I'm on the outside, I'm on the outside
But if you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...

Black, like the things I can do -- Don't believe in me, don't believe in me...
What do you want me to do? -- Don't believe in me, I don't believe in me...

I'm on the outside, I'm on the outside
But if you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...

Who's alive now?
Try something new for change
I'm lost now...
Got to find my way out of this maze, and...

By the way, self
You cannot pull the wool up over your own eyes
I can see all of the things that you're trying to keep inside...

If you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...

Black, like darkness in which we stand -- And I see it in you, I see it in you...
White, like the candle that burns -- And I see it in you, don't believe in me...

I'm on the outside
I'm on the outside
But if you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...
If you ask, I will answer...

** written by Bob (1997) **