No Such Thing

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"No Such Thing"--John Mayer, from "Room for Squares", 2001

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well, I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me is still hiding
Up my sleeve
They love to tell you stay inside the lines
But something's better on the other side.

So the good boys and girls take the so-called right track
Faded white hats, grabbing credits and maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers.
And all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories,
Tiny tragedies,
They love to tell you stay inside the lines
But something's better on the other side.

I am invincible,
I am invincible,
I am invincible as long as I'm alive...


I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world,
Just a lie you've got to rise above.

I just can't wait for my ten-year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for.