Stay in line, young man We've got rules, you understand, and it takes just one bad apple to spoil the bunch Sameness is the key Pride in mediocrity And we can't afford to have you singled out Suffer obedience My chance to jump the fence I will not be broken down I will stand firm in my ground Color inside the lines Exile the brightest minds I can see right through your plot I am alive while you are not We serve a common good Your father always would I am one and I am strong I can see I don't belong We have you on file Come now, we don't beguile I will hold on to myself I give in to no one else... I thought I'd change the world in a day It doesn't work that way I know I've made a mark on the world if I should die today Don't exceed your peers Son, we know your worst fears This will hurt us more than it hurts you We have set no trap Add a feather to your cap Listen, we all like things just the way they are Suffer obedience My chance to jump the fence I will not be broken down I will stand firm in my ground Color inside the lines Exile the brightest minds I can see right through your plot I am alive while you are not We serve a common good Your father always would I am one and I am strong I can see I don't belong We have you on file Come now, we don't beguile I will hold on to myself I give in to no one else... no one else... I thought I'd change the world in a day It doesn't work that way I know I've made a mark on the world if I should die today