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

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!

What I had in mind

What I had in mind