INTRO:     three cheers for the teen years

                they should have been the best time

                but these four years only brought me tears

                I've been lonely the whole ride

VERSE 1:  freshman year, I was so scared

                I would never find someone to hold

                my house burned down, but I stayed in town

                because it's all I've ever known

                and in tenth grade I had a pretty face

                but she moved so far away

                I was so in love

                guess you could say that I was drunk

                because I didn't look both ways

CHORUS:  even though sometimes are painful

                I will never turn away

                of all the lonely people

                I'm the only one whose here to stay

                I'm optimistic, though I hate this

                I want to run away

                but what if I leave then she comes for me

                and I'm nowhere to be found

                in my hometown

                        (ohhhh woahoh)

                in my hometown

                        (doo do do do doo)

VERSE 2:  The next year, I'm almost there

                I don't want to slow down

                even though I'm here, she still won't care

                so I race to make it out

                I am here, a big boy now

                they say grade twelve and I'm oh so proud

                but my teachers don't like me

                so I do my work and keep my head down

                and just hope that they will pass me by

CHORUS:  even though some times are painful

                I will never turn away

                of all the lonely people

                I'm the only one who's here to stay

                I'm optimistic, though I hate this

                I want to run away

                but what if I leave, then she comes for me

                and I'm nowhere to be found

                in my home town

                        (do do do do do)

                in my home town

                        (here without you)

OUTRO 1: Here I am

                I'm all grown

                one more month and I'll leave my home

                mom, I love you. dad, goodbye.

                I'm sorry that you had to see me cry

                but now I hope that I can finally live my life

OUTRO 2(ryhtem of chorus): do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do dodo do dodo do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

                 In my home town

                         (here with out you)

                 In my hometown

                         (waiting for you)

                 In my hometown

                 In my hometown