graduation day

smudged funnies in a broken bottle on the dot at nine, daddy throws clothes, throws on an old stove, i'm crying in the corner at five, well i've seen black and i've seen blue but fine lines i don't see, and just because i am in misery, don't mean a thing that i want to know, that i want to know, graduation day, graduation day, we take back everything we said about you, september, as far as she remember, they don't teach humility, and just because her only signal is mayday, don't it mean a thing, well she's seen love and she's faired war but fairness she can't see, and just because i am in misery, don't it mean a thing that she wants to know, that she wants to know, graduation day, graduation day, we take back everything we said about you, that camaraderie's old, doing what i'm told, and everybody knows this is getting out of hand, everybody is dying for, that chance to be heard not ignored, and everybody knows this is getting out of hand, graduation day, graduation day, we take back everything we said about you, i'm not going to school