Can’t you see them look at me as I walk into the room? Why does everybody look at me? Do I outshine the Sun and Moon? All of this you say to me, as if you really didn’t know But I know because you told me so From the pharaohs of antiquity to the zulu kings of old The most golden of a family tree twas to you no doubt bestowed This message you relay to me bashful irony in tow But I know because you told me so Maybe I'm dumb and blind of the line Between the acts of true self-love or self-adulation Too long on the other side of that wall I’ve been, in my chamber of self-depreciation Can’t you see them look at me? A thousand eyes can never lie I'm a single batch variety None more different than I All of this you say to me Like you alone had broke the mold But I know because you told me so