[Verse 1]
Walking on down to the seventh grade dance
And I don't know what we're going there for
No one's going to talk to us, we'll look really silly
Just staring at the gymnasium floor

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'll wrestle the beat with my two left feet
They'll point and they'll stare at what my mom made me wear
Tomorrow I'll wake up crying and smiling

[Chorus 1]
Just another day in the suburbs
Where behind every cloud
There's a big ball of burning sunshine

[Verse 2]
Hitching a ride to the high school dance
And I don't know what we're going there for
The girls are so pretty in their shopping mall fashions
And we're so invisible to them

[Pre-Chorus 2]
But I feel like I'm in some John Hughes film
Like a dream we've all had where you can't run too fast
Tomorrow we'll wake up crying and smiling
[Chorus 2]
It's just another day in the suburbs
Where behind every cloud
There's a big ball of burning sunshine
Sometimes

[Chorus 2]
It's just another day in the suburbs
Where behind every cloud
There's a big ball of burning sunshine
Sometimes

[Verse 3]
Driving on up to the Hollywood party
I don’t know what I'm going there for
There's too many fools and too many rules and dress codes
And I'm one too many people there

[Pre-Chorus 3]
They'll shake hands and grin, sharing 8x10s
They'll point and they'll laugh at my photograph
Tomorrow they'll wake up crying and smiling
I'll be crying and smiling

[Chorus 2]
It's just another day in the suburbs
Where behind every cloud
There's a big ball of burning sunshine
Sometimes
[Chorus 3]
Another lovely day in the suburbs
Where behind every cloud
There's a big ball of burning sunshine
Sometimes