Just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
And you dare to rise up from the ash
And eat most of the words you just said
Both my parents taught me about good will
I never tried to give my life meaning
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
'Cause someday you're going to get hungry
'Til I'd passed and left them alone
'Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
And I have done well by their names
'Cause someday you might find you're starving
No, I will never be a saint, oh
I'm not between you and your ambition
By demeaning you
Just so I would think they were not home
And I would like to state for the record
I just don't want to live that way
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might wanna turn your head
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
But I will always say
For the prettiest girl in the room
I did everything that I could do
And God help you if you are an ugly girl
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
I am a poster girl with no poster
And God help you if you are a phoenix
'Cause too pretty is also your doom
Still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
And hid in the dark of their windows
So you might wanna turn your head
I am a poster girl with no poster
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
Squint your eyes and look closer
While you are just flying past
Is more than I can explain
