Sometimes Being Different(Makes All the Difference

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Sometimes Being Different(Makes All the Difference)Billy was always an oddballgot picked after girls for dodgeballslept at night with the radio by his earmusic seemed to suit his shynessand now he's one of the finestpickers lonely hearts ever hearit might seem courageousfor him to step on those stageshe pretends he's still on his ownpracticing in his room all alonesometimes being different makes all the differencesome don't walk the same roador keep the same codebut just by being themselvesthey touch ev'ryone elsecos sometimes being differentmakes all the differenceSally's old roommates at collegeuseta stay out late and polishoff Shnapp's at their sororitiesbut Sally was no campus Barbieshe didn't chase boys or partyshe had other prioritiesnow she's a first class surgeonthey call her when cases are urgentthough someday she'll be a happy wifefor now medicine's the love of her lifesometimes being different makes all the differencesome don't walk the same roador keep the same codebut just by being themselvesthey touch ev'ryone elsecos sometimes being differentmakes all the differencethough some stand out, from the crowdif they didn't mind being thought of as strangethis world wouldn't be the samesometimes being different makes all the differencesome don't walk the same roador keep the same codebut just by being themselvesthey touch ev'ryone elsecos sometimes being differentmakes all the difference(c)2005 Robert George