It'll smell but it'll be okay
If you hear them laughing I'll tell you what you say
It may smell but I like it anyway
It may smell but that's okay

And I know all the other kids at school
With their white bread, Kool-Aid, and plastic swimming pools
And their hockey hair and their arbitrary rules
Might tell you that you're uncool

Ooh, I'm trying to tell you
My son, you must be proud
Cos it's all too easy
To lose yourself in the crowd

It'll smell but it'll be okay...

If you care what those other children said
I can give you peanut butter and jelly on white bread
And a paper bag you can wear over your head
Or you can stand your ground instead

Ooh, I'm trying to tell you
My son, you gotta fight back
Cos once you're off it
It's hard to get back onto the track

It'll smell but it'll be okay...