When I was young I was a fool

I was somebody else's tool

I was at the mercy of my so-called friends

You never saw a joke like me

I was as dumb as I could be



If I could go back to my school

I'd show 'em how I broke the rules

I'd show 'em all my wordly cool



One day I fell out of the pack

I felt like Yasser Arafat

It was a close shave but I skipped that trap

And now I've done some growing up

I ain't the same old buttercup



If I could go back to my school

I'd show 'em all my worldly cool



I never dared to take a chance

I never asked a girl to dance

And all my dreams were out of reach

And when the girls came out to play

I never had a thing to say

And all my dreams were out of reach

I never thought to disobey

Not like I always do today



If I could go back to my school

I'd show 'em all my worldly cool