if i m just a slave to my high school days then when does a boy become a man they say at 16 i will get tough and mean college prep rally pep peachy keen and ill meet a gal and take her to the prom and maybe we ll make out by the old viewpoint but there are no gals no pep rallies good pals stay away from these high school my teacher says that i m brilliant my mother says i m a star my girlfriend just avoids me but i still pay for the dinner and the movie my room is filled with abandon my homework is yet left undone i look at pictures of myself as a small child all filled with hope and so alive but oh these high school days take that away take me away take me away stress and hard duress replace the hope i had everyday all these high school days take that away take myself away if only i could skip forward or back the best years of my life oh my god i hope not lets go i hope not lets go my friends are overachievers my love is burning me down my left nut has this crazy itch during homeroom oh god that girl just saw me scratch my all control is now spiraling my grades look pretty damn low i want to motivate myself but how the hell am i supposed to work i do not love these high school days take that away take me away take me away stress and hard duress replace the hope i had everyday all these high school days take that away i take myself away if only i could skip forward or back the best years of my life oh my god i hope not lets go i hope not lets go so listen young boys to the words that i speak heed then and hold them to stay never let go of the cowboy inside or you ll die in your high school days