First To Say Hello, And the Last To Say Goodbye

For once in my life
I would like to walk by
And not be the first
To wave and say hi

But unless I say it first
They say nothing at all,
They hear only their own voices
Echoing through the hall

I smile and I wave
I do not seem to mind,
But still they do not know
The feelings that I hide

I do not fit in
Anywhere I go
And it hurts when I am rejected
But I never let it show

And so I walk by
And you all stare
But you do not talk
And I act as if I do not care

I never leave first
But always leave last
It comes with the territory
Of being a social outcast

And for once in my life
I want to pass by
Not being the first to say hello
Or the last to say goodbye