Don't wanna be second best
Don't wanna stand in line
Don't wanna fall behind
Don't wanna get caught out
Don't want to do without

And the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I gotta be hot and cold
Got to be taught and told
Got to be good as gold
But perfectly honestly
Oh, oh, I think it should be good for me

'Coz it's a hindrance to my health
If I'm a stranger to myself

Oh, oh, miniature disasters
And minor catastrophes
Bring me to my knees
Well, I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be, oh
It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice
Don't have to be underhand
Just gotta understand
That it's gonna be up and down
It's going to be lost and found

And I can't take to the sky
Before I like it on the ground

Oh, oh, miniature disasters
And minor catastrophes
Bring me to my knees
Well, I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be, oh
It will be the death of me

Oh, and I need to be patient and I need to be brave
Need to discover how I need to behave
And I'll find out the answers when I know what to ask
But I speak a different language
And everybody's talking too fast

Miniature disasters
And minor catastrophes
Bring me to my knees, yeah
Well, I must be my own master
Or a miniature disaster will be, will be

Oh, I've got to run a little faster
Or a miniature disaster will be, will be
Oh, a miniature disaster will be
A miniature disaster will be
Yes, I need to know I'll last
If a little miniature disaster hits me, oh
It will be the death of me