When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It’s a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of education
Hasn’t hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
If you go for your diploma you could join the steno pool.
Turn in your teasin’ comb and go back to high school!
I just want to have some kicks
I just want to get some chicks
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock’n’roll high school
I used to go for a ride with a chick who’d go
And listen to the music on the radio
A saxophone was blowin’ on a rock-n-roll show
You climbed in the back seat
You really had a good time
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America, America
Bye, bye Miss American pie,
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye,
Singing “this will be the day that I die”
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age’s most uncertain hour
and sing an American tune
But it’s all right, it’s all right
You can’t be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow’s going to be another working day
And I’m trying to get some rest
That’s all I’m trying to get some rest
Times have changed
And we’ve often rewound the clock
Since the Puritans got a shock
When they landed on Plymouth Rock.
If today
Any shock they should try to stem
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock would land on them.
Everywhere around the world
They’re coming to America
Every time that flag’s unfurled
They’re coming to America
Got a dream to take them there
They’re coming to America
Got a dream they’ve come to share
They’re coming to America
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
We’ll drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, and sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming!
Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
With a head full of snow
With a head full of snow
In the window there’s a face you know
Don’t the nights pass slow
Don’t the nights pass slow
I wanna kiss you all over
And over again
I wanna kiss you all over
Till the night closes in
Till the night closes in
You don’t have to be rich to be my girl
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world
Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your KISS
Our love is a strong love baby, we give it all and still receive,
And so with empty arms, we must still believe:
All souls last forever, so we need never fear goodbye,
A kiss when I must go … no tears … in time … we kiss hello.
We kiss in a shadow, we hide from the moon,
Our meetings are few and over too soon!
We speak in a whisper afraid to be heard
When people are near, we speak not a word!
Yes I’m bein’ followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin’ and hoppin’ on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my legs, I won’t moan, and I won’t beg,
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if… I won’t have to walk no more.
And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh if… I won’t have to talk…
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Out there in the spotlight you’re a million miles away
Every ounce of energy you try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play
Curtain up! Light the lights!
You got nothing to hit but the heights!
You’ll be swell. You’ll be great.
I can tell. Just you wait.
That lucky star I talk about is you!
Honey, everything’s coming up roses for me and for you!