You know that Johnny Cash song, Folsom Prison Blues? I wrote a whole song to that same tune.
I hear the bell a-ringin’This class starts at the tenAnd I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when
I’m stuck in Luth’ran High SchoolAnd time keeps dragging onBut that bell keeps a-ringin’Until the school day’s done.
When I was just a baby,My momma told me, kid,No matter what else happens,Just make sure your homework’s did
But I’m sick of doing homeworkSo sick I want to dieWhen I hear that schoolbell ringin’I hang my head and cry.
I bet there’s college studentsDriving fancy new-used carsI bet they’re sipping StarbucksAnd thanking lucky stars
That they’ve done their time in high school,And that now they’re free.But they keep driving onward, And that’s what tortures me.
Well, if I graduated high schoolAnd this city road was mine,You bet I’d move it all Another mile down the line
Far from Luth’ran High School,That’s where I want to stayAnd I’d let that awful schoolbellBlow my angst away.