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The Freshmen

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The Freshmen was released on March 26, 1996 by RCA Records Label as a part of the album Villains

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

A. J. Dunning

Lead Guitar

Donny Brown

Drums

Douglas R. Corella

Douglas R. Corella

Keyboards

Brian Vander Ark

Brian Vander Ark

Lead Vocals

Brad Vander Ark

Brad Vander Ark

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brad Vander Ark

Brad Vander Ark

Songwriter

Donny Brown

Songwriter

The Verve Pipe

Arranger

Jack Joseph Puig

Jack Joseph Puig

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jack Joseph Puig

Jack Joseph Puig

Mixing Engineer

Jim Champagne

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When I was young, I knew everything

And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice

Now, I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor

Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no

[PreChorus]

Can't be held responsible

She was touching her face

I won't be held responsible

She fell in love in the first place

[Chorus]

For the life of me, I cannot remember

What made us think that we were wise

And we'd never compromise?

For the life of me, I cannot believe

We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen

[Verse 2]

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her

His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept

And now, he's guilt-stricken, sobbin' with his head on the floor

Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he said

[PreChorus]

"Can't be held responsible

She was touching her face

I won't be held responsible

She fell in love in the first place"

[Chorus]

For the life of me, I cannot remember

What made us think that we were wise

And we'd never compromise?

For the life of me, I cannot believe

We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen

[Verse 3]

We tried to wash our hands of all of this

We'd never talk of our lacking relationships

And how we're guilt-stricken, sobbin' with our heads on the floor

We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say

[PreChorus]

"Can't be held responsible

She was touching her face

And I won't be held responsible

She fell in love in the first place"

[Chorus]

For the life of me, I cannot remember

What made us think that we were wise

And we'd never compromise?

For the life of me, I cannot believe

We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen

For the life of me, I cannot remember

What made us think that we were wise

And we'd never compromise?

For the life of me, I cannot believe

We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen

[Outro]

We were merely freshmen

We were only freshmen

Written by: Brad Vander Ark, Donald Leslie Brown, Jeffrey Joseph Dunning

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