Did you ever wish you could be someone new
Because someone said you were always so “TOO”
TOO loud, TOO small, TOO fat or TOO dumb
And when they said it, it made you feel glum
They said, “You’re TOO selfish, TOO angry, TOO free”
And you looked at yourself and asked “What’s wrong with ME?”
Yes, there are some days when your feelings are large
When you want to rush forward and just yell out “Charge”.
But for each day like that there are days that are quiet
And you know that I’m right, you just can’t deny it.
So which one are you, the quiet or loud one?
You’re neither. You’re both. But you aren’t the TOO one!
“TOO” takes a picture of you at one point
And tries to convince you you’re all out of joint.
But a picture you’re not, a BE-ing you are
Just like a movie in which you are the star
Who can tell what the movie is like
By taking one picture of a sad little tyke.
You’re such a cry baby the picture will say
But that’s not what you’ll be on some other day
It’s important to know that there’s feelings galore
And you’ll feel them all, and even more.
So how can you be TOO angry or sad
When tomorrow you’ll also be happy or glad
You see, you were made with your parts mixed up right
But when they said “TOO”, it made you uptight.
So if someone called you TOO angry or mad
You bent over backwards to prove you weren’t bad
“I will make myself nice when it’s anger I feel.
What will it matter if my ‘me’ is not real?”
If people annoyed you, you’d always think twice
Until someone else said, “You’re always TOO nice.”
Now that got you thinking, “What am I to be?
Whatever I am, I must be TOO ME!”
“My ‘me’ is TOO much or TOO little to please
I must watch my “me” so that nobody sees.”
Then it’s off to the doctor you’ll go, feeling ill
“You don’t feel your self? Here, take this pill.”
“This pill will help you to be not TOO mad,
TOO nice or TOO needy, TOO happy, TOO sad.”
Then one day you’ll wake and your “me” will feel small
And no one will notice you’ve got no “me” at all.
All empty of meaning and purpose and glee
Nothing at all without your dear “me”.
So remember your feelings are all mixed up just right
And you’re not going to let that old TOO win the fight
You are not TOO much or TOO little at all
You’re just being you and that’s not bad at all
So, please, let that TOO word run right through your ears
Don’t let that TOO word make tears and big fears
Don’t let them TOO you, don’t listen to TOO
Because YOU are the best at YOU being YOU.
