'Envy' copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley

'Envy'

copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley

Does a sweet pea envy the black eyed

Does white rice envy the wild

Does a grub worm envy the jackass

Does the old man envy the child

Does the child envy the teenager

Does one teen envy another

Does a salmon envy the skylark

Does a sister envy her brother

(Chorus)

Everybody born wishin'

They could be somebody else

It seems to me like the simplest thing

Is just to be yourself

We're all born very well equipped

To be exactly who we be

I can be me for you sometime

And you can be you for me

Does the brown eye envy the blue one

Does a long nose envy the short

Does a barber envy the carpenter

Does a half pint envy the quart

Does the left shoe envy the right one

Does the checker envy the domino

Does the bowtie envy the cowboy hat

Does the fast pace envy the slow

(Chorus)

Everybody born wishin'

They could be somebody else

It seems to me like the simplest thing

Is just to be yourself

We're all born very well equipped

To be exactly who we be

I can be me for you sometime

And you can be you for me