8th Grade - Pencey Prep

Caught staring again

Like a deer in the headlights

When you can’t move fast enough

I take a hit for the team

Pretty girl is blushing

I can’t tell if she’s disgusted

Laughter starts to swell

Someone gets the joke

Bells ring, I make my escape

Helps a little, but doesn’t save

Beat down’s a common thing

With us every day

Maybe I’m just strange

'Cause I don’t change schools

So maybe I like the abuse

Or maybe I just like you

Another confrontation

You’ve got something to prove

Your girl can’t tell how tough you are

When you beat me up in the boy’s room!

Well I made a big mistake

But I can’t help who I like

This may not cost my life

But I am branded forever lame

This was not my decision

You were born with good looks

And a solid right hook

Whining makes no difference

You bruised my eye

It doesn’t hurt at all

One day I’ll rise above

And you‘ll take a fall

(Motherfucker!)

I may be beat today

But I will survive

Get up off the ground

Stand tall and fight

My eyes, don’t hurt at all

I‘d rather die

Then be your whipping boy

School year’s almost over

Summer is one day closer

Summer is one day closer

Summer is one day closer

As God as my witness

I‘ll never be a victim again