[JUDY]
And it was the first time I'd ever seen a dead body
But then when I was fifteen the most terrible thing happened
The Ted Mack amateur hour held auditions in St. Louis
And I didn't hear about it 'til after they'd gone
And I nearly killed myself
Nearly killed myself
I tried to walk in front of a speeding streetcar
And I remember noticing boys for the first time
Anyway, I remember practising kissing Leslie
Well she was my best girl-friend
Did any of you ever practice kissing with another girl...
So that when the time came you'd know how to?
No?... Oh my God
[KRISTINE]
Judy?
[JUDY]
Did you, girl?
[KRISTINE]
Yeah... but just a couple of times
[SHEILA]
Oh hell, count me in
[JUDY]
Thank God!
Anyway, I do remember...
[GREG]
The worst thing in school was every time the teacher'd call on me
I’d be hard! I’d be hard!
Really! I'd had to lean against the desk, like this. And the teacher would say
"Stand up straight!"
I can’t, I have a pain in my... side!
"Stand up straight!"
Or walking down the halls, you’d have to walk, like this
With all your books stacked up in front of you
[MIKE]
Yeah, I thought it was only me! I thought I was a sex maniac!
[CONNIE/MAGGIE]
You are!
[BOBBY]
I did too. I mean, it didn’t go down for three years
[GREG]
And the bus. Oh the bus was the worst. I’d just look at a bus and
Bingo!
And then there was the time I was making out in the backseat with Sally Ketchum. We were necking and I was feeling her boobs, and feeling her boobs. After about an hour or so, she said
"Ooh, don’t you wanna feel anything else?"
And I suddenly thought to myself, "No, I don’t."
[ZACH]
Did that come as a surprise to you?
[GREG]
Well, I guess yeah
Probably the first time I realized I was homosexual. And I got so depressed because I thought being gay meant being an outcast the rest of my life. A bum. And I said: "Gee, I'll never get to wear nice clothes!" And I was so into clothes then, I had this fabulous pair of powder blue and pink gabardine pants...
[ALL]
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello love
[AL]
Early to bed
Early to rise
Your broad goes out with other guys
[CASSIE]
A diaphragm
A diaphragm
I thought a diaphragm was up here
[DON]
I bought a car;
I bought my first car!
[MIKE]
Padiddle!
[ALL]
Changes, oh
Down below
Up a-
[CONNIE]
You're not leaving this house until you're twenty-one
[MARK]
Every girl I know has lockjaw of the legs
[MAGGIE]
Life is an ashtray
[KRISTINE]
The ugliest boy asked me to Prom
I stayed home
[VAL]
Shit! Made it through high school without growing tits!
[ALL]
Doubt
To break out
It's a mess
[RITCHIE]
My trouble is wine, women, and song
And I can't get any of them
[MIKE]
Your brother's going to medical school
And you're dropping out to be a chorus boy
Nothing!
[BEBE]
Steve McQueen out!
Nureyev in!
[AL]
I got Nancy's picture
Annabelle's locket
Cynthia's ring
And Lucy's pants
[ALL]
Time to grow
Time to go
Ado-
[DIANA]
You gotta know somebody to be somebody
[SHEILA]
All you run around with are bums
[MAGGIE]
Graduation!
[RITCHIE]
Let's dance!
Let's dance!
[AL]
Head-on collision
Eddie got killed!
[PAUL]
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?
[Judy/Kristine]
My only adolescence
My only adolescence
My
Only
Adolescence
My
Only
Adolescence
My
Only
Adolescence
[Bebe/Diana]
Where did it go, it was so
Where did
It go
It was so
Where did
It go
It was so
Where did
It go
It was so
[Greg/Bobby/Mike]
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
[Don/Sheila/Maggie/Val]
13, 14
15
16
13, 14
15
16
[Cassie/Connie/Mark/Paul/Larry/Al/Ritchie]
Suddenly I'm seventeen and
[ALL]
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly
There’s a lot I am not
Certain of
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Hello
[BOYS I]
Wah, wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah
[BOYS II]
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah
[GIRLS I]
Doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit
[GIRLS II]
Du de du de du de du de doo dit
[RITCHIE]
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
I was always running around shouting
"Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball"
Yeah!
I was so enthusiastic, I was into everything
The yearbook was filled with my pictures
And I was lucky 'cause I got
A scholarship to college!
A scholarship to college!
So I went
[ALL]
So he went
[RITCHIE]
Yes, I went
[ALL]
Yes, he went
So I’m gonna be this kindergarten teacher
Imagine me, this kindergarten teacher?
And I thought Shit!
Shit!
What are you gonna be
When you get shoved outta here
Honey, ain’t nobody gonna be standing there
With no scholarship to life
And I was scared
Scared
Scared
Scared!
[ALL]
Shit, Richie
Shit, Richie
Shit, Richie, shit, Richie
Shit, Richie, shit, Richie
Shit, Richie, shit, Richie
Shit, Richie
Shit, Richie
Shit, Richie
Shit, Richie
[GIRLS]
My braces gone
[BOYS]
My pimples gone
[ALL]
My childhood gone, goodbye
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Goodbye fourteen, goodbye fifteen
Goodbye sixteen, goodbye seventeen
Hello love
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
[BOYS]
And now life really begins
And now life really begins
And now life really begins
And now life really begins
Go to it!
[GIRLS]
Go to it!
Go to it!
Go to it!
Go to it!
Go to it!
