Like High School-Matt Duke

[ti:Like High School] [ar:Matt Duke] [al:Singer / Songwriter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Like High School - Matt Duke (马特·杜克) [00:13.52]A mother wakes her child [00:15.31] [00:15.86]And dons a smile [00:16.83] [00:17.47]The helplessness of [00:18.63] [00:19.70]The love and hope [00:21.06]She holds so tightly [00:22.77]How her baby's grown up [00:24.97] [00:26.00]The day begins [00:26.97] [00:27.54]The doe eyed kid [00:29.07]The one with big ambition [00:30.95] [00:32.32]Perfects his dress [00:33.78]So he'll impress [00:34.95] [00:35.56]But it's just ammunition [00:37.52] [00:38.75]The pretty girls [00:39.54] [00:40.18]Aware the world [00:41.19] [00:41.90]Will serve their petty appetite [00:44.14] [00:45.05]And pander to the dudes [00:47.52]Who buy the booze [00:49.00]To party friday nights [00:50.77] [00:51.36]They rifle threats [00:52.45] [00:53.02]As you lament [00:53.90] [00:54.56]How no one acts like they should [00:56.80] [00:57.71]Prey on the lame [00:58.63] [00:59.23]The caste remains [01:00.28] [01:01.03]The same into adulthood [01:02.89]Because when you step into the real world [01:06.55] [01:08.25]It's just like high school [01:09.59] [01:10.33]So they told you it's a fresh start [01:12.33] [01:13.49]That you'll make it with a clean heart [01:15.44] [01:16.59]Well they left you in the dark [01:18.06] [01:18.81]They were leading you leading you on [01:21.54] [01:23.31]Something's got to give right [01:25.04] [01:26.38]Or stay this way all my life [01:28.31] [01:29.47]I'm sorry but they lied [01:30.48] [01:31.26]They were leading you leading you on [01:35.10] [01:38.80]The bass line kicks [01:40.33]The same old shit [01:41.23] [01:41.86]It strikes a nerve and haunts you [01:44.30] [01:45.01]While faces change [01:45.91] [01:46.50]That old refrain [01:47.37] [01:48.04]It sticks just like a tattoo [01:50.44] [01:51.27]The cliques were formed [01:52.81]Before you were born [01:53.96] [01:54.75]And they did not include you [01:56.79] [01:57.40]Your expectation's [01:58.52] [01:59.18]Medication's how you'll have to get through [02:02.97] [02:04.46]Because when you step into the real world [02:06.42] [02:07.96]It's just like high school [02:09.28] [02:10.11]So they told you it's a fresh start [02:11.90] [02:13.10]That you'll make it with a clean heart [02:15.01] [02:16.20]Well they left you in the dark [02:17.97]They were leading you leading you on [02:20.79] [02:22.89]Something's got to give right [02:24.36] [02:25.81]Or stay this way all my life [02:27.67] [02:28.99]I'm sorry but they lied [02:30.05] [02:30.67]They were leading you leading you on [02:33.92] [02:36.05]The art of growing up [02:39.08] [02:40.43]Is to realize you'll hate everything and everyone [02:44.41] [02:46.67]You loved so much [02:50.33] [02:53.73]Young troubled souls [02:54.75] [02:55.27]Without a role model to look up to [02:58.52] [02:59.72]And still you wonder why a kid [03:02.37] [03:02.97]Would bring a gun to high school [03:05.20] [03:06.10]So they told you it's a fresh start [03:07.95] [03:09.06]That you'll make it with a clean heart [03:10.97] [03:12.11]Well they left you in the dark [03:13.53] [03:14.14]They were leading you leading you on [03:16.64] [03:18.76]Something's got to give right [03:20.25] [03:21.63]Or stay this way all my life [03:23.46] [03:24.79]I'm sorry but they lied [03:25.83] [03:26.48]They were leading you leading you on [03:28.82] [03:31.12]So they told you it's a fresh start [03:32.74] [03:33.72]That you'll make it with a clean heart [03:35.74] [03:36.80]Well they left you in the dark [03:38.62]They were leading you leading you on [03:41.78] [03:43.36]Something's got to give right [03:44.94] [03:46.34]Or stay this way all my life [03:48.15] [03:49.43]I'm sorry but they lied [03:50.48] [03:51.16]They were leading you leading you on [03:53.62] [03:57.98]Leading you leading you on [04:01.26] [04:04.11]Leading you leading you on [04:08.22] [04:10.23]Leading you leading you on