Can only go up from here Up, up, up, Where the clouds gonna clear There's no way but up from here It's 'bout as bad as it could be Seems everybody's buggin' me Like nothing wants to go my way

You were born to shine Born to be who you are There's a light in your eyes and it's magic Everybody's gonna see that you have it Can't stop it, can't stop it Go go, no never give up And no no, everything that you touch Becomes alive right before your

Everybody's gonna go downtown same hang with the same old crowd Talking like it's just the greatest thing you've ever seen Telling me that if I don't go I'll be the one missin' out Yeah but I don't really think I'm gonna miss a thing As for myself I'm

Her face is cracked from smiling All the fears that she's been hiding And it seems that pretty soon, everybody's gonna know And her voice is sore from shouting Cheering winners who are losing And she worries if their days are few and soon they'll have

So baby when I get famous Everybody's gonna see You never really knew me There's diamonds hiding in my hands They're gonna cut through the windows Ain't no one messing with my plans Right now my star is in limbo Sit back and watch my scrawny frame