Freshman year,

Mom asks "What do you want to do

when you get out of here?"

I said, "Well, gee, I'm only 13,

but I think I'd like to play my guitar...

be a star."

"Well," she said, "that's not it,

you got time to go.

Good sense will kick in anytime, you know.

I'm not worried, I'm not worried."



Sophomore year,

she asked the same old thing,

my answer had remained unchanged.

I saw her fidget with her thumbs.

She said, "You like computers, John,

you like computers, don't you?

Yeah, I always see you with computers...

you like computers

maybe you could do something with computers.

Yeah, wouldn't that be nice?"



Junior year,

It's a little more intense,

She says, "What do you want to do with your life?"

I'm not on the fence, I know exactly what I aim to be,

and I'm only 17.

She said, "Well, all I ask, is that you pay attention in class,

so if you happen to change your mind in time,

you can still go somewhere reputable...

do us proud."

So I went downstairs,

and I played guitar loud.



Yeah, senior year,

Same old question,

She said, "What do you want to do?"

I said, "Play my guitar and sing."

She said, "There's no such thing."

She said, "There's no such thing..."



(speaking: I love you Mom)



"Welcome to the real world", she said to me

Condescendingly

Take a seat, take your life

Plot it out in black and white

Well, I never lived the dreams of the prom kings

And the drama queens

I'd like to think the best of me

Is still hiding up my sleeve



They love to tell you

Stay inside the lines

But something's better

On the other side



I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the top of my lungs

I just found out there's no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you've got to rise above



So the good boys and girls take the so called right track

Faded hats

Grabbing credits

and maybetransfers

They listen to Phish, but they can't find the answers

And all of our parents

They're getting older

I wonder if they've wished for anything better

While in their memories

Tiny tragedies



They love to tell you

Stay inside the lines

Well, well something's better

On the other side



I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the top of my lungs

I just found out there's no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you got to rise above



I am invincible..

You are invincible.. (yeah you are)

We are invincible..

As long as we're alive



Do I have to tell a story

of a thousand rainy days

since we first met?

It's a big enough umbrella

but it's always me

that ends up getting wet.



I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the top of my lungs

I just found out there's no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you've got to rise above



I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion

I'm gonna bust down the double doors

And when I stand on these tables before you

You will know what all this time was for




» (Unknown- Bonus Track)
» (Unknown-Bonus Track)
» 13
» 3 X 5
» 3X5
» 3x5 Your Body Is A Wonderland
» 83
» 83 (Any Given Thursday)
» 83 Medley
» A Moment Like This
» Always Her That Ends Up Getting Wet
» Another Kind of Green
» Area Codes (cover Ludacris)
» Back To You
» Back to You (acoustic)
» Bare Ballin
» Bare Ballin It
» Bigger Than My Body
» Bigger Than My Body (Real)
» Bigger Than My Body(From The Cd)
» Bliss ( with Alice Peacock)
» Break Away
» Break Away (Live)
» By Nine
» City Love
» City Love (Any Given Thursday)
» Clarity
» Closer To You
» Come Back To Bed
» Come Back To Bed (Live)
» Come Back To Bed-Cd Version
» Comfortable
» Comfortable (Any Given Thursday)
» Comfortable (Live)
» Covered In Rain
» Covered In Rain ( Any Given Thursday)
» Covered In The Rain
» Daughters
» Daughters(Cd)
» Distance
» Every Little Thing She Does
» Everything is not Broken
» Everything Is Not Broken (Live)
» Fear
» Fine With Me (with Dave Matthews Band)
» Fine With Me-John Mayer And Dave Matthews Band
» Forever (cover Ben Harper)
» Gas Station
» George's Blues
» Go Anywhere
» Goodbye (Tribute To NYC)
» Goodbye-Tribute To Nyc
» Great Indoors
» Home Life
» Home Life(Cd Version)
» Homelife
» Homeward Bound
» However
» Hummingbird
» I Love Rock And Roll
» I Want You Back (Intro To Comfortable)
» In Your Atmosphere
» In Your Atmosphere aka LA Song
» It's Christmas Time Again
» Jingle Bell Rock
» Kid A
» Kid A (Radiohead Cover)
» Lenny
» Lenny (Live At The X-Lounge)
» LennyMan On The Side
» Lifelines
» Lifestyles Of The Rich And The Famous
» Little Puppy
» Lonely Town
» Love Song For No One
» Love Song For No One (Any Given Thursday)
» Love Song For No One (Live)
» Love Soon
» Man On The Side
» Message In A Bottle
» Message In A Bottle (Live)
» Midnight
» My Stupid Mouth
» My Stupid Mouth (Any Given Thursday Version)
» My Stupid Mouth (Live At Rock N Roll Hall of Fame)
» My Stupid Mouth (Live)
» Neon
» Never Tear Us Apart
» New Deep
» New Deep(From The Cd)
» No Brains
» No Such Thing
» No Such Thing (Extended Live Version)
» Not Myself
» Ode To Paige
» Old Love
» Only Heart
» Outside in the Underground
» Patience (Guns 'N' Roses Cover)
» Perfect Sense
» Quiet
» Quiet (Bonus Track)
» Same Time Last Year
» Sieze The Day
» Simmering Medley
» Something's Missing
» Something's Missing ( Any Given Thursday)
» Somethings Missing
» Somethings Missing (Live)
» Somethings's Missing
» Spanish Castle
» Split Screen Sadness
» Split-Screen Sadness
» Split-Screen-Sadness
» St Patrick's Day
» St. Patricks Day
» Standard Lines (W/ Dashboard Confessional)
» Standard Lines (with Dashboard Confessional)
» Sucker
» Suppose I Said
» Tea In The Sahara (with Glen Phillips)
» Tea In The Sahara By John Mayer And Glen Phillips
» Tell Me What To Say
» The Little Things
» The Wind Cries Mary
» The Wind Cries Mary (Live At The X-Lounge)
» This Will All Make Perfect Sense Someday
» This Will Alll Make Perfect Sense Someday
» Time After Time (Good Charlotte)
» Tracing
» Trust Myself
» Typical Day
» Unknown
» Untitled 1
» Victoria
» Walk On The Ocean
» Walk On The Ocean (cover Toad the Wet Sprocket)
» Wheel
» Wheel (Live)
» Wheel(Cd)
» Whole Again
» Why Did You Mess With Forever
» Why Did You Mess With Forever (Live Version)
» Why Georgia
» Why Georgia Intro (Any Given Thursday)
» Why Georgia(Live)
» Wind Cries Mary (Live 2)
» Without You (So Long)
» Won't Go My Way
» Your Body Is A Wonderland
» Your Body Is A Wonderland (Live From Rochester)
» Your Body Is A Wonderland (Live)

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