[Verse 1]
Every eighth grader won’t say something
We were dumb and deaf and blind
They had the dumbest things painted on the walls
I did my math in rain, I really
Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally
I know pi to four or five digits
3.14159
English gave me my first D
I pray for all Ptolemy
Written across the top, "cliché"
It was detention for laughing
And this is no laughing matter
And again, for goofing off with John

[Chorus]
Whatever happened to jingly jangly guitars?
And 1980’s era R.E.M
All is well that ends well, there’s much more left to spend
But I found myself forgetting that I

[Verse 2]
Crying in the bathroom
And crying on the blacktop
And crying in the special room
And quitting the band
I got hit with a water bottle
From I.U., I got hit with the basketball
Thank God, why, I’m done with gym!
I played trombone in jazz band
I improvised a Louie Louie solo
But he gave the award
To someone else
We never had that pizza party
Never played the guitar
Teacher was a dirty, dirty, dirty liar
[Chorus]
Well, whatever happened to jingly jangly guitars?
And 1980’s era R.E.M
All is well that ends well, there’s much more left to spend
But I found myself forgetting that I

[Bridge]
Don’t look at the pictures
(Don’t look at the pictures)
The pictures’ always lyin’
I never had long hair
They locate sensi
(They locate sensi)
They’ll never hold
(They’ll never hold alone)
Windows there

[Outro]
Ohhhhh
OHHHHHH
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalalalalaaaaaaaa
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalalalaaaaaaaaa
[screaming]