CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES
Dan C.
Genre: Adult Contemporary
Tempo: midtempo
Additional Notes:
No Notes Available
Backstory:
Reflections on graduating from school and revisiting
Lyrics:
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES
Music and Lyrics by Daniel Curzon
Chorus:
THE STARS KEEP ON BURNIN?.
THE WHEELS KEEP ON TURNIN?.
BUT NOBODY'S FIGURED OUT WHY.
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES --WHY DO WE TRY?
CLASS REUNIONS AND COCKROACHES --THEY'LL NEVER DIE.
IS THIS THE WAY IT ALWAYS MUST BE?
AND I WONDER WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME.
AND I WONDER WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME.
Verse #1
THE GIRL THAT I HATED, THE PROM QUEEN, WAS FADED.
AND I BARELY REMEMBERED MY FRIENDS.
THE NERD NOW WAS HANDSOME,
THE CLASS CLOWN WAS LONESOME,
AND THE JOCK HAD SOME DOWN WITH TWO DOUBLE CHINS.
Repeat Chorus
Verse #2
THE ONE I ONCE WANTED SEEMED TIRED AND HAUNTED,
AND EVERYONE HAD SEEN BETTER HAIR.
SOME HAD ADVENTURES,
AND SOME HAD BAD DENTURES,
AND SWEET MARGARET MARY MCNABB WASN'T THERE.
Repeat Chorus
Verse #3
THE GIRL WHO HAD HEAD LICE WAS NOW REALLY QUITE NICE,
AND ROBBIE ORTEGA WENT GAY.
THAT GUY WHO WOULD HASSLE
WAS STILL JUST AN ASSHOLE,
AND I COULDN?T WAIT TILL I GOT AWAY!
Repeat Chorus
Repeat last lines of Chorus, more slowly, more thoughtfully