Watch children cry The pageant sells a lie Third place isn't winning, you know And neither is first The pressure and the thirst For the skeletons show I am so thin-skinned Don't scratch the surface Please let me live within Within this circus Little dreams come crashing Let them wave in passing 'Cause fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should And you may wish for Oscars Grammys and blockbusters But they won't love you like a brother, like a lover should No, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Woah, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should I searched in your eyes for some glimmer of light Tap dancing for one million miles I looked for the smiles, oh, hoping in them, I’d find Validation for my futile existence I am so thin-skinned Don't scratch the surface Please let me live within Within this circus Little dreams come crashing Let them wave in passing 'Cause fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should And you may wish for Oscars Grammys and blockbusters But they won't love you like a brother, like a lover should No, no Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should No, no Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should No, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Woah, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Woah