[Verse 1]
Dressing up when the world is Levi Strauss
Dressing down when tuxedos fill the house
Going out when the rest are coming home
Coming home when the rest are going out

[Pre-Chorus 1]
And when I'm broke and really down (I'm down)
Everybody's throwing tons around
And when I finally get my pay (my pay)
Everyone's in India or so they say

[Chorus]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
I want to be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Gravity don't work on me
I want to be like everybody else

[Verse 2]
Drink your milk, then your Coke, then your rye
First you're born, then you live, then you die
First you cry, then you sing, then you moan
First you're wet, then you're dry, then you're bone

[Pre-Chorus 2]
It's such a one, two, three affair (affair)
Where did I go wrong? I'm stuck out here
I'm stuck, it's up to you (to you)
Hold me so tight they'll think I'm you
[Chorus]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
I want to be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Gravity don't work on me
I want to be like everybody else

[Bridge]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be

[Chorus]
I want to be like everybody else
I want to be like everybody else
Gravity don't work on me
I want to be like everybody else
Like everybody else
I want to be like everybody else
Gravity don't work on me
I want to be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Be like everybody else