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 It don't mean a thing That I wanna know That I wanna know Graduation Day, Graduation Day We take back everything we said about you September, thought that she'd remembered They don't teach humility And just because her only signal is mayday It don't mean a thing That she's seen love and she's seen war But fairness she don't see And just because she is in misery It don't 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 Graduation Day, Graduation Day We take back everything we said too... That camaraderie's old Doing what I'm told And everybody knows this is getting out of hand Everybody is dying for That chance to be heard not ignored And everybody knows this is getting out of hand Graduation Day, Graduation Day We take back everything we said about you Graduation Day, Graduation Day We take back everything we said too... I'm not gonna I'm not gonna I ain't goin' to school I'm not gonna I'm not gonna I'm not goin' to school