Somebody told him that their way was the right way   He never took a chance, her never had a   chance   Cause he was force fed he had to live his   death sentence   See, he was a new face with a nice smile   He got sucked in got spit out   He was the winner by the standars of gold-digger   A success story in six figures   Outside looking in   It was wasted life on the dream   Outside looking in   He was wasted   Turn your back to the world   So then he grew old, he thought he grew wise   He thought he'd know a bad seed in swarm of flies   They couldn't wait to consider him family   Take what they could get and keep walkin'   And on his death bed surrounded by his friends   He saw the faces and no substance, let go   With a smile of serenity, he needed change for enternity   On the outside looking in   It was wasted life on a dream   On the outside looking in   He should of seen their dream as a sin   On the outside looking in   It was wasted life on the dream   On the outside looking in   He was wasted   Turn you back on the world   It's what he didn't know, he didn't know that killed him   It's what he didn't know, he didn't know that killed him   It's what he didn't know, he didn't know that killed him   It's what he didn't know   It's what he didn't know (on the outside looking in)   It's what he didn't know (it was wasted life on a dream)   It's what he didn't know (on the outside looking in)   It's what he didn't know (he was wasted)   Turn your back on the world