You Can’t Let It Show

You get three-point-nine inches

To show what you can do

Only three-point-nine inches

With two-hundred-million watching you

And they don't wanna see you struggle

They don't wanna know it's hard

They just want you to sparkle like your leotard

Just sparkle like the sequins on your leotard

You can train

You can try

You can almost want to cry

You can pray you'll stick your dismount as you go

You can stretch

You can strain

You can power through the pain

But you can't let it show

No, you can't let it show

You can bend

You can bleed

You can try to build up speed

You can hold on for dear life with just one toe

You can flex

You can fight

You can practice day and night

But you can't let it show

No, you can't let it show

You get three-point-nine inches

But have to smile twice as wide

Only three-point-nine inches

To balance terror, skill, and pride

But they don't wanna see you sweating

They don't wanna lift the veil

They just want you to shimmer like your ponytail

Just shimmer like the glitter in your ponytail

You can push

You can pray

You can keep puberty at bay

You can work yourself so hard that you don't grow

You can swing

You can swell

You can put yourself through hell

But you can't let it show

No, you can't let it show

You can starve

You can spew

You can skip a meal or two

You can make sure that your body fat is low

You can dread

You can dream

You can hate the balance beam

But you can't let it show

No, you can't let it show

They wanna see magic

They wanna see beauty

They don't wanna see a pivot turn

They wanna see a twirl

They don't wanna see effort

They don't wanna see power

They don't wanna see an athlete

They wanna see a girl

You can fail

You can fall

You can fear you've lost it all

You can say it's no big deal but still you know

You can moan

You can mope

You can all but give up hope

But you can't let it show

No, you can't let it show