A songwriting exercise, SSG Y12W15. Write about your school days.
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Story behind the song
It's partly autobiographical, except I've been out of school a lot longer than the person in this song.
Lyrics
verse:
I went to my twenty-fifth class reunion
Seeking emotional restitution.
I've never gotten over what it meant
To be on the outside looking in.
verse:
Making the rounds, I found little had changed.
Football players relived the big game.
Artists and thinkers still being snubbed,
Belonging only to their own clubs.
chorus:
Oh, school days.
Those were cruel days.
They weren't the golden rule days.
verse:
I felt uncomfortable with my peers
During those adolescent years.
They laughed at those in distress,
Celebrated failure and mocked success.
chorus
verse:
I saw the girl whose name no one knows.
Mention the certificate that shows
That she never missed a single day.
Her only claim to high school fame.
verse:
Some whose names we won't forget.
Never sure why they left
Among whispered rumors of pregnancy,
Prison or insanity.
chorus
verse:
Stories of three who died after graduation
After too much celebration.
Life lost in a night of recreation,
Never having to meet expectations.
chorus
