High School Reunion

Sittin' 'round the table In this big old country hall Welcome class of 2013 Is written on the wall Champagne glasses clinkin' And I can't help but thinkin' "God, help me" Shelly's on her second husband Betty's on her second kid And Mary's on her second shot A whiskey, just to get through this We're all just older versions of the Yearbook pictures that we used to be In the blink of just ten years We're wonderin', "How the hell did we get here?" Take me back to when we were just 17 We ruled the world, we knew who we were gonna be And then life came along and killed our teenage dream And now we're nowhere near where we thought we would be By our high school reunion, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Who's done things to their faces? Who sat still, who went places? Whatever happened to that beauty queen We all voted most likely to succeed And though it all worked out somehow If our younger selves could only see us now Take me back to when we were just 17 We ruled the world, we knew who we were gonna be And then life came along and killed our teenage dream And now we're nowhere near where we thought we would be By our high school reunion, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh High school reunion, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh And as for me, they all said I'd be a superstar But here I am, it's 3 am Singing alone in this old bar So take me back to when we were just 17 We ruled the world, we knew who we were gonna be And then life came along and killed our teenage dream And now we're nowhere near where we thought we would be By our high school reunion, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh By our high school reunion, whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh