Oh please, don’t make fun of me 
 Of my crooked smile and my crowded teeth 
 Of my pigeon feet, of my knobby knees 
 Well, I got more problems than not 
    But I feel fine and I made up my mind 
 To live happily, feeling beautiful beneath the trees 
 Above a ground that’s solid at the core 
 Oh please, don’t make fun of me 
 Oh you know I get frightened so easily 
 When I’m all alone and the floorboards creak 
 It’s those noises in the dark   
 But I am alive and I made up my mind 
 To live fearlessly, running wild beneath the trees 
 Above a ground that’s solid at the core   
 Send my regards to the north my friends 
 I am built for the heat, I regret to admit 
 My fear of freezing keeps me on my feet 
 And so far my whole life’s one long lucky streak 
 They say you should take the credit when it comes 
 But I believe in haunted wood   
 Oh please, don’t make fun of me 
 Oh I’ll try my best to tell it like it is 
 But I’ll bite my tongue and I’ll close my lips 
 When nobody wants to hear it   
 But here we are and something about it doesn’t feel like an accident 
 We’re all looking for something to adore 
 And how to survive the bending and breaking   
 I’ve walked on two legs since I was a child 
 But when did I realize that some ways out 
 Past the horizon for thousands of miles 
 There are people like me, walking on legs like mine?   
 Coming closer and farther away 
 Coming to me and from my embrace 
 Hoping good comes from good 
 And good comes from bad anyway   
 Oh please, don’t make fun of me 
 With my heart of gold and my restless soul 
 Oh please, don’t make fun of me 
 This smile happens genuinely   
 If you want to see the world, you have to say goodbye 
 Cause a map does no good hanging on a wall 
 If you want to see the world, you have to say goodbye 
 Cause a map does no good hanging on a wall