everyone wants...

Everyone wants to be important
Everyone wants to be heard
Everyone wants to be the center of the circle
Where friends are hanging on your every word

Everyone wants to be respected
Everyone wants to be liked
Everybody needs somebody to listen
Even somebody like me

When you want to be more fascinating
You might say things that aren't quite true
Everyone's tempted to fib sometimes
Even someone good like me

We want folks to admire us
We want someone to care
We want to make a difference:
And to know that others know we're there

But everyone has their own importance
That's what I've come to see

Respect's not a thing
You can make someone give you
It's something you have to earn

Who would've thought
After all this time
There were more things I had to learn