John Mayer
No Such Thing (Live at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, July 16, 2004)
[Intro]
Good evening, how are ya?
Thank you for coming out
This is stuff you could just as easily listened to at home
But, we appreciate the hell out of you for showing up
And wanting to hear it out in the open air
So thank you for coming out tonight
(We good?)
[Verse 1]
"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
"Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white"
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve
[Pre-Chorus]
They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
But something's better on the other side
[Chorus]
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
[Verse 2]
So the good boys and girls take
The so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits, and maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't
Find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies
[Pre-Chorus]
They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
But something's better on the other side
[Chorus]
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
[Bridge]
I am invincible as long as I'm alive
[Chorus]
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing
As the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
[Outro]
I just can't wait 'til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for