Four years, you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the total dicks, all the stuck-up chicks
So superficial, so immature

And then when you graduate
You take a look around and you say, "Hey, wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from
I thought it was over, oh, that's just great

The whole damned world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex
Who's got the money, who gets the honeys
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess

And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names and the trends
High school never ends

Whoa-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, hey
Whoa-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, hey

Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did
And how did Mary-Kate lose all that weight?
And Katie had a baby, so I guess Tom's straight

And the only thing that matters
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're sixteen or thirty-five

Reese Witherspoon, she's the prom queen
Bill Gates, captain of the chess team
Jack Black, a clown, Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before, I want my money back

The whole damned world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex
Who's in the club and who's on the drugs
Who's throwing up before they digest

And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
And you still listen to the same shit you did back then
High school never ends
Whoa-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
(High school never ends)

The whole damned world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex
Who's got the money, who gets the honeys
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess

And I still don't have the right look
And I still have the same three friends
And I'm pretty much the same as I was back then
High school never ends
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
High school never ends
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
High school never ends
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And here we go again
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh


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High School Never Ends Lyrics as written by Jaret Ray Reddick Adam Schlesinger

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    This song cracked me up the first time I heard it. Not only is it sadly, pathetically true, but it's followed with a catchy beat that got stuck in my head for two months. CURSE YOU BFS! That ALMOST beat the record for song stuck in my head the longest! (Iron Man by Black Sabbath, two months and five days)

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