Within the Lines

This is actually a song I wrote but I think it works well as a poem too, so here it is:

I grab my pencil crayon and begin to shade

Everything that's in my head

I could draw well and let all my emotions fade

But I'll draw what I want instead

If I was neat enough, and

If I was sweet enough, then

They would never think to say

Colour within the lines, oh

Blend in and you'll be fine, cos

Who wants to stand out anyway? 

I grab my paintbrush and the canvas starts to show

Everything that's in my mind

And though I can't draw well, the colours seem to glow

With all the feelings that I find

Though I'm not neat enough, and

Though I'm not sweet enough, I

Still won't listen when they say

Colour within the lines, oh

Blend in and you'll be fine, cos

Who wants to stand out anyway? 

I'm not that good

At drawing what I'm meant to on a page

But I know that I could

Draw it anyway and I know that I won't feel strange

So, I'll stay outside the lines, and

I know I'll still be fine, cos

Who wants to blend in anyway? 

I'll stay outside the lines, and

I know I'll still be fine, cos

I'm gonna stand out anyway

I'm gonna stand out anyway