We were so tiny
Happy and shiny
Playin' tag and getting chased
Singing and clapping
Laughing and napping
Baking cookies, eating paste

Then we got bigger
That was the trigger
Like the Huns invading Rome
Welcome to my school
This ain't no high school
This is the Thunderdome

Hold your breath and count the days
We're graduating soon
College will be paradise
If I'm not dead by June

But I know, I know
Life can be beautiful
I pray, I pray
For a better way

If we changed back then
We could change again
We can be beautiful
Just not today

Things will get better
Soon as my letter
Comes from Harvard, Duke or Brown
Wake from this coma
Take my diploma
Then I can blow this town

Dream of ivy-covered walls
And smoky French cafes
Fight the urge to strike a match
And set this dump ablaze

But I know, I know, I know
Life can be beautiful
I pray, I pray, I pray
For a better way

We were kind before
We can be kind once more
We can be beautiful
Just not today

And I know, I know
Life can be beautiful
I pray, I pray
For a better way

We were kind before
We can be kind once more
We can be beautiful
Just not today

Why do they hate me?
Why don't I fight back?
Why do I act like such a creep?
Why won't she date me?
Why did I hit him?
Why do I cry myself to sleep?

Somebody hug me
Somebody fix me
Somebody save me
Send me a sign, God
Give me some hope here
Something to live for

Ah, Heather, Heather, and Heather
I love, Heather, Heather, and Heather

And you know, you know, you know
This could be beautiful
Mascara, maybe some lipgloss
And we're on our way
Get this girl some blush
And Heather, I need your brush
Let's make me beautiful

Let's make her beautiful

Let's make her beautiful

Beautiful

Okay? Okay!

Out of my way geek
I don't want trouble
You're gonna die at 3 pm

Don't you dare touch me
Get away pervert

What did I ever do to them?

Who could survive this?
I can't escape this
I think I'm dying

And you know, you know, you know
Life can be beautiful

You hope, you dream
You pray and get your way

Ask me how it feels
Looking like hell on wheels
My God, it's beautiful

Beautiful

I might be beautiful

Beautiful

And when you're beautiful

It's a beautiful fricking day