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You can't understand what's going on
You feel that all your hopes are gone
Well, I've been way down there too
And I'm telling you that it isn't true
You might change things - TRY you must
In your spirit I've put my trust
You can't take things as they're handed down
In beauracracy you're gonna drown
You'll get hurt if you turn the other cheek
It's the strong who inherit - not the meek
Don't let anyone rule your mind
If you do that you are running blind
Your life is not a TV set
Your life is not making a bet
If it is - your time is done
Then really blind you're gonna run

I'm not saying fuck school - go be a punk
I'm not telling you it's okay to get drunk
But do whatever makes you feel good
Don't do it because you SHOULD

To live we have to understand each other
But what fraction is the square root of another
They say do good in school
Or you might as well be dead
Then sit and wonder when one of us
Blows off his head
I'd like to hear your ideas
So long as they agree with mine
I'd like to hear how you're doing
So long as you smile and answer fine

I'm not saying fuck school - go be a punk
I'm not telling you it's okay to get drunk
But do whatever makes you feel good
Don't do it because you SHOULD

But I know who I am
I'm one step up on most everyone
Who thinks the kid with the best grades has won
Sometimes you have to slow down - take a look around
Watch the world go by - get your feet on the ground
Don't feel left behind - remember
It's all just in your mind
A mind they gave to you in school
A mind that makes you a fool