Like High School Lyrics & Chords By Matt Duke

A mother wakes her child
And dons a smile
The helplessness of
The love and hope
She holds so tightly
How her baby's grown up
The day begins
The doe-eyed kid
The one with big ambition
Perfects his dress
So he'll impress
But it's just ammunition
The pretty girls
Aware the world
Will serve their petty appetite
And pander to the dudes
Who buy the booze
To party Friday nights
They rifle threats
As you lament
How no one acts like they should
Prey on the lame
The caste remains
The same into adulthood
Because when you step into the real world
It's just like high school
So they told you it's a fresh start
That you'll make it with a clean heart
Well, they left you in the dark
They were leading you, leading you on
Something's got to give, right?
Or stay this way all my life?
I'm sorry, but they lied.
They were leading you, leading you on.
The bass line kicks
The same old shit
It strikes a nerve and haunts you
While faces change
That old refrain
It sticks just like a tattoo
The cliques were formed
Before you were born
And they did not include you
Your expectation's
Medication's how you'll have to get through
Because when you step into the real world
It's just like high school
The art of growing up
Is to realize you'll hate everything and everyone
You loved so much
Young troubled souls
Without a role model to look up to
And still you wonder why a kid
Would bring a gun to high school