Don't wanna be second best
Don't wanna stand in line
Don't wanna fall behind

Don't wanna get caught out
Don't want to do without
Oh and the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I gotta be hot and cold
Gotta be taught and told
Got to be good as gold

But perfectly, honestly
Oh, I think it would be good for me
'Cause it's a hindrance to my health
If I'm a stranger to myself

Oh, miniature disasters and minor catastrophes
Bring me to my knees
Well, I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be, oh
It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice
Don't have to be underhand
Just gotta understand

That it's gonna be up and down
It's going to be lost and found
Oh, and I can't take to the sky
Before I like it on the ground

And I need to be patient
And I need to be brave
Need to discover
How I need to behave

And I'll find out the answers
When I know what to ask
But I speak a different language
And everybody's talkin' too fast

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophes
Bring me to my knees, yeah
Well, I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be, will be, yeah, yeah

Well, I've gotta run a little faster
Or a miniature disaster will be, will be
Oh well, I need to know I'll last
If a little miniature disaster hits me, oh, oh
It will be the death of me