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 it 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 That she's seen love and she's faired war but fairness she can't see And just because she is 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 know this is getting out of hand Everybody is dying for That chance to be heard not ignored And everybody know this is getting out of hand Graduation Day Graduation Day We take back everything we said about you I'm not going to school