You
Summers in your bedroom
Made yourself a kingdom
Imagining how you'd rule
And everyone you knew
Said she must be a genius
Look at how the brush it moves

Keep listenin', keep watchin'
Keep workin', not stoppin'

Little genius, little star
You're everything they say you are
Is it lovely in the dark?
Or do you dim as you go on?

You
Autumns in the school yard
Alpha of the Exxon
Girls all wanna be like you
In everything you do
She must be a leader
Look at how the crowd it moves

Keep listenin', keep watchin'
Keep workin', not stoppin'

Little genius, little star
You're everything they say you are
Is it lovely in the dark?
Or do you dim as you go on?

Ooh-oh, oh-oh
The days they go
Ooh-oh, oh-oh
The greatest show
Ooh-oh, oh-oh
The crowds take note
Ooh-oh, oh-oh
That no one waits for so-so

Little genius, little star
You're everything they say you are
Is it lovely in the dark?
Or do you dim as you go on?

You
Winters in the basement
Trying not to face it
Wonder where your kingdom went
And when they look at you
Come on, little genius
Do it like you used to do

Keep workin', keep watchin'
They'll listen, no stoppin'