Outside Looking In
Neal Morse
www.nealmorse.com

By Álvaro e Pacheco - Apollo 11 (Brazil)

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Here I am more or less a man
A7           C
Second rate, the last in line
                     G          D
One of life’s little twists of fate
G
But here I stand
the unaccepted man [Neh 1:9]
A7                 C
At the temple gate...


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Sometimes I sit and wonder why
A7
I was born
C
When everything that I touch
          G            D
Seems to turn out wrong
G
Though I’m a mistake
                A7            C
There must be a place I belong
   
          C       D     G
But I’m outside looking in [Luke 15:14]
G               Dm                     Am7
(Life looks so easy, they all seem so happy)
            C       D     G
Yes, I’m outside looking in
G                 Dm                  Am7
(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)
         C       D        Em
I’m all alone without a friend
              C       D     G
’Cause I’m outside looking in

G
The plan was laid
               A7
I guess I was made this way [Psa 51:5]
       C
I’ve tried before
                   G       D
but I just can’t seem to change
G
Still my heart longs to belong
A7                  C
I wish there was a way

           C       D     G
But I’m outside looking in
G               Dm                       Am7
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Eph 2:21]
           C       D      G
Yes, I’m outside looking in
G                 Dm                  Am7
(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)
         C       D     Em
The celebration will begin
                   C       D     G
While I’m still outside looking in


           D       E     A
Oh, I’m outside looking in [Gal 4:26]
A                   Em                  Bm7
(They make it look easy to love and be happy)
           D       E      A
Yes, I’m outside looking in
A                  Em               Bm7
(I’m cast out and ugly and nobody loves me)
                              D        E     A
Oh, nobody knows me now I’m outside looking in
A                Em                     Bm7
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Num 24:5]
                            D       E     A
Oh, nobody sees the ones outside looking in
A                 Em                  Bm7
(And everyone’s pretty but I feel so ugly)

Oh, nobody knows me now
     D        E      F#m
As life goes on for them
        D        E      F#m  
I will stay here in my sin
              D       E     A  
’Cause I’m outside looking in