The Scoop
ASKING TO MATTER IS ASKING TOO MUCH
By Mimi Carpenter
1. Little girl in the schoolyard
Watching all the
other kids play
Hoping to be noticed
Better listen what I say
Take
your world of caring
Lock it up behind a door
Your need to matter
Doesn’t matter anymore
Asking to matter is asking too much
You
better run on home, run on home
2. Little girl in a prom dress
Hair
swept up in a knot
Hoping some fella will notice
The magic that she’s
got
But if the magic don’t happen
You know who’ll be to blame
Your
need to matter
Just went up in flames
Asking to matter is asking too
much
You better run on home, run on home
3. Little girl in the
kitchen
Frying bacon up in a pan
Hoping to be noticed
By her
ever-lovin' man
But if you mess up dinner
He’ll just go somewhere else
Your need to matter
Gets put up on a shelf
Asking to matter is
asking too much
You better run on home, run on home
4. Little girl
in the bathtub
Taking out a razor blade
Hoping to fix in a moment
All the mistakes she’s made
Better drink a cup of coffee
Better go
to bed
You won’t know if you ever mattered
If you’re already dead
Asking to matter is asking too much
You better run on home, run on
home