Where Do You Belong

[Damian]

My momma used to tell me

Baby girl don’t ever eat lunch on the John

[Janis]

Your mother called you baby girl?

[Damian]

Singing, ha ha

So what if all the ducklings think you’re ugly?

It’s because they’ve never seen a swan

It takes all kinds of people who need people

So find people you can bare

Go find your group, your herd, your flock

Come talk a walk and answer my small questionnaire

Which I’ll sing to you

Ahhh, ahhh

Where do you belong?

Where do you belong?

Where do you belong?

Where do you belong?

You’ll be judged on sight

And made to fit

So find a clique and stick with it

Say, where do you belong?

Let’s take a walk around the cafeteria, shall we?

I’ll show you the world as I see it

Varsity jocks and JV jocks

Will throw you in a locker if you say hello

The rich stoners hate the gangsta whites

Though they're all smokin' the same oregano

Here’s the sexually active band geeks

I’ve got two words for you

"Embouchure" and "ew"

And if you like blowing and fingering

[Sexually active band geeks]

This is the group of you!

Back me up, show choir!

Cady, where do you belong

Where do you belong

[Students]

Dah da-da-da da-da-ya!

[Damian]

We all get a box, that’s where we go

It’s stifling but at least you know

So, where do you belong?

[Students]

Dah da-da-da da-da-ya!

Da-da-ya!

Da-da-ya!

See da-bda-bdoo

Bda-bso bdoo-dee

[Damian]

There’s girls that eat their feelings

And girls that don’t eat

I like eating birthday cake around them

Makes them crazy

[Students]

Debate team

And dance team

They like to compete

[Damian]

And if they don’t win

Their parents ground them

[Cady]

Who’s that?

[Damian]

Darling, that's the mathletes

[Cady]

Cool!

[Damian]

Joining them is social suicide

[Damian & students]

It’s all college applications

And doctor who quotations

[Damian]

They wear their awkwardness with stubborn pride

This is my dance break

[Damian & students]

Where do you belong

Where do you belong

Where do you belong

Where do you belong

[Damian]

You’ll be judged on site, voted in or out

‘Cause that’s what high school’s all about

[Damian & students]

Where do you belong?

[Cady]

Oh, a Kenya jacket! Jambo, rafiki!

[Rachel Hamilton]

What did you call me?

[Damian]

Nope, those are the woke seniors

Hey, Rachel, you look cute

I liked your post about intersectional veganism

See? Nothing

She can tell we’re idiots

But, who is at this table? Why it’s Janis!

[Janis]

And Damian, too!

[Students]

Oooh

[Janis & Damian]

We’re not exactly joiners

But, we’ll be good friends to you

And our friendship means you can skip

[Janis]

The geeks and the freaks, and the peaking too soon

[Damian]

The strivers and survivors, just waiting for June

The junior achievers

[Janis]

The Christian believers

[Damian]

The tall, flowering wallflowers, bending on sneakers

[Janis & Damian]

Forget this fuss

And stall with us

Just come to lunch

And sit with us!

[Cady]

Okay?!

[Janis]

Yes!

Sit with us

[Damian]

Here’s where you belong

[Janis & Damian]

Here’s where you belong

[Janis, Damian & students]

Oooh

Here’s where you belong

Here’s where you belong

Here’s where you belong

Here’s where you belong

[Damian]

You need protection with pizazz

And helping hands

[Janis, Damian & students]

That also jazz!

Stay here where you belong

(Here’s where you belong)

Stay here

[Cady]

Okay, I’m staying!

[Janis, Damian & students]

Yes, here’s where you belong!

[Janis & Damian]

Hey, Cady, this is where you fit!

Hey, Cady, this is where you sit!

[Janis, Damian & students]

Here’s where you belong!