No Such Thing Extended Live Version lyrics

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