The worst thing in school was every time the teacher called on me
I'd be hard
I'd be hard
Really!
I'd have to lean up against the desk, like this
And the teacher would say, "Stand up straight!"
I can't! I have a pain in my - side
"Stand up straight!"
Or walking down the hall
You'd have to walk like this
With all your books stacked up in front of you
Yeah! I thought it was only me
I thought I was a sex maniac
You are!
I did, too
I mean, it didn't go down for three years
And the bus
The bus was the worst!
I just look at a bus, and -
Bingo!
And then there was the time I was making out in the backseat with Sally Ketchum
We were necking, and I was feeling her boobs
And feeling her boobs
And after about an hour or so, she said
"Ooh! Don't you wanna feel anything else?"
And I suddenly thought to myself
"No, I don't"
It was probably the first time I realized I was homosexual
I got so depressed, because
I thought being gay meant being a bum all the rest of my life
Goodbye twelve (A diaphragm) (Early to bed)
Goodbye thirteen (A diaphragm) (early to rise)
Goodbye love (I thought a diaphragm was up here) (your broad goes out with other guys)
(On my birthday) Changes, oh (Padiddle)
Down below (You're not leaving this house until you're twenty-one)
Up a
Shit! Made it through high school without growing tits!
(Steve McQueen out) (I got Nancy's picture) Doubt to break out
(Nureyev in!) It's a mess (Annabelle's locket)
Time to grow (Cynthia's ring)
Time to go (and Lucy's pants)
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?
My only adolescence
My only adolescence (Where did it go? It was so)
My only adolescence (Where did it go? It was so)
Suddenly I'm seventeen and
Suddenly I'm seventeen and
Suddenly I'm seventeen and suddenly
There's a lot
I am not certain of
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello love!
Wah wah wah wah (doo doo doo)
Wah wah wah wah (doo doo doo)
Wah wah wah wah (doo doo doo)
Wah wah wah wah (doo doo doo)
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball, yeah
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball, yeah
I was always a-runnin' around
Shouting
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball, yeah
I was so enthusiastic
I was in on everything
The yearbook is filled with my pictures
And I was lucky 'cause I got
A scholarship to college
A scholarship to college
So I went (so he went)
Yes I went (yes he went)
So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher
Imagine me, this kindergarten teacher
And I thought, Shit! (Shit, Richie)
Shit! (Shit, Richie!)
Oh, what are you gonna be? (Shit, Richie; shit, Richie))
When you get shoved out of here (Shit, Richie; shit, Richie)
Honey, ain't nobody gonna be standin' there (shit, Richie)
With no scholarship to life
And I was scared (shit, Richie)
Scared (shit, Richie)
Scared (shit, Richie)
Scared (shit, Richie)
My braces gone
Her pimples gone
My childhood gone, goodbye
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Goodbye fourteen
Goodbye fifteen
Goodbye sixteen
Goodbye seventeen
Hello, love!
Go to it
Go to it
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
Go to it