What I Had in Mind

I've always seen schooldays Through September eyes Could never concentrate Could never memorize All the blackboard figures and facts Oh, how I fell behind For dreams and schemes And visions of summertime It was what I had in mind Ooh-ooh-oh My ma could find no A's In my report card news Hoped it was just a phase That I was going through "Does not apply himself", I would hear Could never fall in line With the slave all day For minimum pay design It wasn't what I had in mind I could never see the relevance Or the intelligence Of preaching gloom and doom Nor could I address the elephant in the room Now that's what I had in mind I could never see the relevance Or the intelligence Of preaching gloom and doom Nor could I address the elephant in the room So many shades of grey In these November skies As another year decays To cut ya down to size Heading out of town for a show Down the Vivian Line In the rearview mirror leaving all of our tears behind Now that's what I had in mind Ooh-ooh-oh What I had in mind Ooh-ooh-oh What I had in mind