The Burden of Being Wonderful

Album: All You Can Eat (2014)
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  • Why in a world of ugly faces
    should I, be allowed to be so hot
    So many people without talent
    yet I was born with all the magical gifts I got

    The perfect body, the perfect face
    it's like god's best work all in one place
    But the haters hate perfection
    Can't you see

    It's a burden being wonderful like me

    How in a world that's so imperfect
    did I wind up with so much cool
    Friends never stick around too long
    they never feel like they belong
    next to me they feel like a fool

    I've got the grace of a dancer, a golden voice
    people seem to hate me like I had a choice
    Being this blessed is a lonely way to be

    It's a burden being wonderful like me

    Like me

    So you say you wanna hang around
    don't ever ask me to turn it down
    I'm a diamond I'm gonna shine
    compared to everyone else
    I'm like a whole damn diamond mine

    Oh yeah

    I'm just a Maserati in a world of Kias
    'genius' wouldn't describe any of my ideas
    If I was born in 1453 Leonardo Da Vinci would be jealous of me
    but a world of stevie wonders would never see

    It's a burden being wonderful like me Writer/s: Darren Leader, Ralph Saenz, Russell Parrish, Travis Haley
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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