Hello (Hello) Hello (Hello) {x3}
      I tried 2 tell them that I didn't want 2 sing
  But I'd gladly write a song instead
  They said OK and everything was cool
  Till a camera tried 2 get in my bed (Hello)
  My bed (Hello) (Hello)
      I was sittin' pretty with a beautiful friend ("Oh darling")
  When this man tries 2 get in the car
  ("Hey Prince, come on, give us a smile, eh?")
  No introduction, "How've U been?"
  Just - "Up yours! Smile, that's right, U're a star!" (Star)
      U call 'em bodyguards but I call 'em my friends
  I guess I'm used 2 havin' 'em around
  And cameras by nature like rewards
  That's the trouble I get when I'm Uptown
      I'm not afraid 2 die cuz I know there's a better place 2 go
  (Don't be afraid cuz there's a better place 2 go)
  I eat what I want, whole wheat toast
  (U can eat what U want, anything is cool in moderation)
  And I'm happy, and that's 4 sure
      We're against hungry children, our record stands tall
  But there's just as much hunger here at home
  We'll do what we can if y'all try 2 understand
  A flower that has water will grow
  And a child misunderstood will go
  Hello! {x3}
  (Hello)
      Everybody
      Gotta he..., gotta he... he... hello!
      I haven't lost my desire
  I wouldn't beg U
  Instead of playin' deduction of what 2 do
  They called me rude often
  When I called their hand
  They judged me and told me that we're through
  "Why can't U be like the others?"
  I cried out over and again
  "Why can't U learn 2 play by the rules?"
  But maybe at last it's the end
  Because I am not like others
  I'm unique in the respect I'm not U
      I know in my heart I would try 2 love U
  I wouldn't try 2 hurt U despite all the ways U try 2 hurt me
  U call me a fraud, an uncaring wretch
  But I'm an artist and my only aim is 2 please
  Between U and yours, myself and mine
  Isn't life cruel enough without cruel words, cruel words?
  U see, words are like shoes
  They're just something 2 stand on
  I wish U could be in my shoes
  But they're probably so high, U'd fall off and die
  4 U words are definitely not shoes
  They're weapons and tools of destruction
  And your time is boring unless U're putting something down
  What would life be if we believed what we read
  And a smile is just hiding a frown?
  Come now, isn't life a little better with a pair of good shoes?