Junior High

Remember the day you first could drive Took every road in town Wasn't a path you couldn't chase Or a song could let you down Baby was wrong Baby was right 'Cause who could compromise Now you're a wreck on 65 Have you noticed something? Never what you prescribe And we're all just flying blind Swallow the whole damn sky And you lose your appetite Tear up the course That you set in Junior High And you hope that the kid Knows you're trying Surely your folks have done you kind Got friends who make you smile Every once in every while You write a song you like Sure it's enough Shut the f*ck up About your compromise Still you look up at 25 And you notice something Never what you prescribe And we're all just flying blind Swallow the whole damn sky And you lose your appetite Tear up the course That you set in Junior High And you hope that the kid Knows you're Trying But you get tired Maybe it's learning how to love Or how to take a punch Maybe it's all the same old song In touch with something Never what you prescribe And you don't just hit rewind And maybe it's quite alright To live before you die Tear up the course That you set back in Junior High And you know that the kid Knows you're trying