[Intro]
Following total atomic annihilation
It may fall to you to save the great nation
That's why Vault-Tec have made extra preparation
And are proud to present to you a special education
Regarding aptitude
You are an absolutely unique amalgamation of attributes
Now it's time to find out in which you excel
What makes you S-P-E-C-I-A-L?

[Hook]
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh, so special
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell

[Verse 1]
Strength! Supplies are sparse
So on seeing something sweet, be sure to scavenge or starve
The stronger you aren't, the smaller the stack
Of scrap, storage and snacks that you can haul on your back
But do be sure to stay on track of the numbers
Or a savage could suddenly strike as you're over-encumbered
And should your special self have such a regrettable incident
You'd better get swinging, any suitable weapon or implement

[Verse 2]
Perception! Post-nuclear places are pretty prearranged
To put you through your paces
Pinpoint the parts of predators that plan to prey
With the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (Hooray)
You may need to pickpocket
Pinching for your own protection, practicing your pilfering
Purloining to perfection, if your preferential predilection's
Petty theft of peoples' possessions
You'll be protected by perception
[Hook]
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh, so special
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell

[Verse 3]
Endurance! Epidemics are endemic everywhere
Infection, amputation, radiation, never rare
End the negative effects, refresh your energy by eating everything
Even extra limbs and enemies, your belly's not ever empty
There's endless entrées, extend the length of time you exercise
Eons, days, escape encounters with louts and rowdy hooligans
Or environments ensure you'll eventually be food again

[Verse 4]
Charisma! Communists conquered this clean continent
And concomitantly, corruption was the consequence
As such, you must be confident and cognizant of compliments
Confirming that, commercially, you're consummately competent
Convert companions to confidantes
Convincing them to change a cuddly toy
For cutlery and condiments
Swallow down countless cups of cocktails
And charm your way from harm, chum
Combat curtailed
[Hook]
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh so special
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell

[Verse 5]
Intelligence! Is idiocy inverted, innate instinct
Take information and interpret it, the inner intuition and initiative
To impliment inventive ideas, to be inquisitive
It is indicative of ingrained imagination
To take an inspiration and create an innovation
Insure against injury through investigation
Because ignorance induces incapacitation

[Verse 6]
Agility! After all the aggro, antagonists are all too available
There's no ASBOs
Accelerate your acts of accurate aim
And have any angry adversaries aptly aflame
Avoid adverse assaults from automatics
Avert or annul their action with acrobatics
Agility, amazing adaptability
Awesome, what an absolutely ace ability

[Hook]
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh so special
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell
[Verse 7]
Luck! The lady
That lowers the likelihood of life's lotto's loss for the lazy
When you're larking with lice that are larger than life
At least you'll have the lethal last laugh and the like
The lie of the land's less than lavish and lovely
But when looking for loot, you'll locate lots of luxury
Loads of little lowlifes leering at your luggage?
A lone laddy's liable to let them learn what luck is

[Verse 8]
Congratulations, you've passed the test, yes
From everyone at Vault-Tec, splendid work on your success
Give yourself a pat on the back and maybe shake hands
Then preambulate into the haze of the wasteland
War, war never changes
Look at the history book's torn-up pages
'Cause when the dust settles after all out war
You'll be glad we taught you what to deal with fallout for

[Hook]
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh so special
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell (That's you)
You're special, you're special
You're special, oh so special (Yes, you)
S-P-E-C-I-A-L spells out that you're quite swell

[Outro]
Good luck out there