Be Weird, Be Proud

[Verse 1] You sort your buttons by the sounds they make You name the pigeons at the bus-stop gate You tap a rhythm on your thumbnail And tell the same strange joke until it sails [Pre-Chorus] They may blink twice, they may not understand But every odd spark is a thing you can Hold up high, let it be seen The best kind of different stays gloriously keen [Chorus] Be weird, be wonderfully, unmistakably you Keep the little rituals nobody else would do Your laugh can skip a beat, your thoughts can zig and zoom There’s a hundred kinds of color in the way you move Be weird, be proud, let your peculiar bloom [Verse 2] You give the clouds ridiculous names You hum the elevator’s lopsided refrain You wear your joy in unexpected ways And turn an ordinary Tuesday into a parade [Pre-Chorus] The world can try to sort us into rows But nobody gets to tell your strange how it goes Lift your chin, let your bright self show There’s more than one right way to grow [Chorus] Be weird, be wonderfully, unmistakably you Keep the little rituals nobody else would do Your laugh can skip a beat, your thoughts can zig and zoom There’s a hundred kinds of color in the way you move Be weird, be proud, let your peculiar bloom [Bridge] If you talk to plants, then tell them all your news If you collect odd facts, I want to hear them too If your favorite song has an impossible dance Give your strange a chance, give your strange a chance [Final Chorus] Be weird, be wonderfully, unmistakably you Keep the little rituals nobody else would do Your laugh can skip a beat, your thoughts can zig and zoom There’s a hundred kinds of color in the way you move Be weird, be proud, let your peculiar bloom Be weird, be proud, and let the whole world bloom [Outro] Be wonderfully, unmistakably you