I'm heavy handed, to say the least.
my mother thinks I'll be an awful clutcher 'cause I spill things from stiring them too quickly.
I'm far too loud.
it's like, as soon as I've got an opinion, it just has to come out.
I laugh at stupid things just 'cause they tickle me.

and sometimes I wish, sometimes I wish I was like Mariella,
she got some pritt stick and she glued her lips together.
so she never had to speak, never had to speak, never had to speak.
people used to say she's as quiet as a mouse, she just doesn't make a peep.

she marched to her wardrobe and threw away the colour
because wearing black looks mysterious, but it didn't impress her mother.
she wanted to dress her baby in patterns and flowers
but Mariella just crossed her arms and so she cried for hours.
"Mariella, Mariella my pretty baby girl
unglue your lips from being together and wear some pink and pearls.
you can have your friends 'round and they can stay for tea.
won't you just try to fit in please, do this for me!"
but Mariella just crossed her arms and
she walked up the stairs and she went into her bedroom, and she sat on her bed.
and she looked in the mirror and she thought to herself
"if I wanna play, I can play with me. if I wanna think, I'll think in my head."

at school, Mariella didn't have many friends.
yeah, the girls they all looked at her and they thought she was quite strange.
and the boys they're not really into girls at that age.
and the teachers, they thought Mariella was just going through a phase.
but Mariella just smiled as she skipped down the road because she knew all the secrets in her world.
yeah, she always got the crossword puzzle right every day
and she could do the alphabet backwards, without making any mistakes.
Mariella, Mariella
pretty, pretty girl.
Mariella, Mariella.
happy in your own little world
happy in your own little world
and she said "yeah I'm never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever, yeah, I'm
never ever ever ever ever ever ever, yeah, I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
ever gonna unglue my lips from being together."
she said "I'm never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever, yeah, I'm
never ever ever ever ever ever ever, yeah, I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
ever ever everevereverevereverevereverevereverever!gonna unglue my lips from being
together! ha ha ha ha ."