Verse 1<\/p>\n
People always criticise schools it seems
\nSaying they don’t equip kids with the tools they need
\nBut personally I think that’s ridiculous
\nCoz I learned loads it’s just none of it was on the curriculum
\nOn my very first day I got a lesson in textiles
\nIf you wore the wrong ones – then you were exiled
\nIn my school if you didn’t have the right brand of shoe
\nIt was assumed that your parents had abandoned you
\nBut it wasn’t just what you wore – it’s how you wore it
\nRucksacks with one strap were mandatory
\nHaving a piercing in your left ear was okay
\nBut not the right – coz that clearly meant you were gay
\nAll I wanted was acceptance from my mates and friends
\nWhen the bowl haircut was the latest trend
\nMy mum wouldn’t let me have it and she’d say to me “Son,
\nYou’re gonna thank me one day” well that day has come <\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Sometimes I take a trip down memory lane
\nBefore we all had jobs and bills to pay
\nI sit back and reminisce about the good old days
\nBut most the time I thank god it’s changed<\/p>\n
Verse 2<\/p>\n
I learned more about Social Studies in recess
\nThan from a fuddy duddy in a tie and tweed vest
\nI discovered that the door to popularity had two keys
\nOne was brute force the other was beauty
\nI learnt that the way to gain approval from the group came
\nFrom being mean to people lower than you in the food chain
\nAnd much to my own shame and disappointment
\nI made the simple choice that if you can’t beat ’em – join ’em.
\nBack when Iron Mike was biting Holyfield’s ear off
\nWe were arguing over who the hardest kid in the year was
\nBut it was clear to all from the bus ride home
\nWhoever sat in the back seat occupied the throne
\nBut occasionally a challenger would step in the ring
\nWith the intention of usurping the king – the only thing
\nThat we never seemed to learn was 200 kids chanting
\nAlways led to fights getting broken up before they started<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Sometimes I take a trip down memory lane
\nBefore we all had jobs and bills to pay
\nI sit back and reminisce about the good old days
\nBut most the time I thank god it’s changed<\/p>\n
Verse 3<\/p>\n
I didn’t learn about sex in a biology lab
\nMost of my knowledge came from a pornography mag
\nBack when random boners were a constant fear
\n“Would you like to come up to the front?” no, really I’m cool here\u2026
\nAnd as if puberty wasn’t hard enough to manage
\nI got my first taste of heart ache and anguish
\nMy first relationship lasted 2 days
\nAnd is still one of my top 5 most painful breakups to date
\nAll the hottest girls dated older guys
\nWho could already drive and I swear were like 25
\nI couldn’t wait to be as old as these people
\nNow I look back like \u201cWas that shit even legal?”
\nBut all in all it wasn’t so bad – apart from the slang and vocab
\nThe hair and the clothes fads, the pressure to smoke fags
\nThe fights and the romance\u2026
\nIn fact screw that place – I never want to go back!<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Sometimes I take a trip down memory lane
\nBefore we all had jobs and bills to pay
\nI sit back and reminisce about the good old days
\nBut most the time I thank god it’s changed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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