Gas Station lyrics

`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 white hats grabbing credits and maybe transfers.
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`,
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.

I am invincible
You are invincible
We are invincible
As long as we`re alive
We`re alive...alive

See this shirt I`m wearin`?
Used to wear it all the time.
Workin` at a gas station,
Dreamin` about the sensation, of playin` for you, playin` for me.
Yeah, I gave the wrong change all the time --
Always ate the ho-ho`s without payin a dime.
What they don`t tell you is, you`ll get a spare tire in time.
But I digress.
See I`m wearing that same shirt I wore back then.
And now I`m on stage playing for all yall.
What does that say to you?

Maybe one day I`ll go back.
Maybe one day
It`ll be some special promotional thing
When you fill up with at least eight gallons.
You get a special John Mayer CD sampler,
With a version of this song on it.

Don`t apply theory to things
That inherently don`t need theory at all.
Don`t...

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 till my ten 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

ha-ha Thank you very much
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