Standin' on the outside
Lookin' in.
You know it's been a long time,
Don't know where to begin.
So much I wanna say, so much I wanna do,
Friends are tellin' me
It's time that you broke through.
I've been through the hard times
Of searchin' souls,
You know it's been a hard climb
From rock and roll.
Now I feel the need in me, so hard to explain,
Now I've seen the joy and light,
And I wanna remain.
Standin' on the inside,
I finally broke that line,
Ring around the circle,
Don't you know that it feels so fine.
Every waking moment
I just wanna sing the news
That I'm standin' on the inside,
I kicked away them blues.
All the phoney faces
Stand in line.
All the back-slappers
Know my name this time.
Now that I've turned the lock, now that I've opened the door,
I won't be on the outside, no, any more.
Standin' on the inside,
I finally broke that line,
Ring around the circle,
Don't you know that it feels so fine.
Every waking moment
I just wanna sing the news
That I'm standin' on the inside,
I pushed away them blues.
Now that I've turned the lock, now that I've opened the door,
I won't be on the outside, no, any more.
Standin' on the inside,
I finally broke that line,
Ring around the circle,
Don't you know that it feels so fine.
Every waking moment
I just wanna sing the news
That I'm standin' on the inside,
I kicked away them blues.
Standin' on the inside,
Standin' on the inside,
I kicked, kicked, kicked it,
Standin' on the inside,
Standin' on the inside,
I kicked, kicked...
Neil Sedaka (; March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody. After a short-lived tenure as a founding member of the doo-wop group the Tokens, Sedaka achieved a string of hit singles over the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Oh! Carol" (1959), "...
