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HIGH SCHOOL Reunion UPDATE
Copyright © 1998 - mickterry.com

1: The very one we voted
the Most Likely to Succeed
is now a bitter relic on a farm.
& his very closest friend,
who was Class Vice-President,
now slides a dirty needle in his arm.
The Treasurer is paying
eight to twelve at Leavenworth
for withdrawing prematurely from a bank.
& the one we thought Most Likely
to Begin a Nuclear War
continues to get busted down in rank.

2: But you may have heard the Secretary
reached a certain fame
for sending threatening letters through the mail.
He & his bitter rival,
who had led the football team,
have become the best of cell-mates while in jail.
We're awfully proud of "Biker",
our own version of the "Fonz",
for reaching highest honors at M.I.T.
& that creep who always beat me up
& even broke my arm
is now a C.P.A. who works for me.

CHORUS:
So, thanks for the invitation,
but we're unable to attend.
I'm sure there's something scheduled for that day.
So, you have a fun reunion.
Give our love to all our friends.
& don't forget to send a ten-year high school update.

3: & the pot-head who would grow his own
& sell it for a song
became a D.E.Agent for a while.
The class slut that everybody had
had married Mr. Wong,
making babies like it's going out of style.
The trio that no one could stand
finally got in tune
& at last count had three singles on the charts.
& the painter with such promise then
now does cats and clowns.
But he'll never ever prostitute his art.

BRIDGE:
The class prude is now a hooker.
The class clown became a priest.
And we lost at least two students to the war.
But they were not killed in action:
they never hit the beach.
They went A.W.O.L. & are hiding way up north.

4: The cheer-leader with the longest legs
runs a mission in the slums
& the guy she married at sixteen has died.
The girl that led debating teams
and conquered every one
is sometimes standing in for Vanna White.
& everyone has been divorced
at least a time or two
and some keep getting married back again.
& the guy who flunked at least three times
& barely made it through
is teaching all our kids what we learned then.
CHORUS:

Copyright © 1998  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
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To other high school reunion song lyrics:   IF YOU'RE SO CLEVER
To other story song lyrics:   HEY, MISTER!
ALOHA OI VEY
CHICKEN TURKEY
FULL OF SURPRISES
EXPERIMENTS COME
PERPETUAL ECLIPSE
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
INVASION OF PRIVACY
PARIS HAD MY NUMBER
JUST BEFORE LOST HILLS
ANGEL IN THE BACKROOM
OF COURSE IT HAD TO RAIN
PUT ALL YOUR BURDENS ON ME
SECURITY STRIP-SEARCHED GRANNY
AND THERE SHE GOES (HOME AGAIN)
KINGDOM OF THE GUN (RIDING HIGH)
FINS FINS (THE ODDYSEY OF THE TRAILER)
MAKING THE WORST (OF A BAD SITUATION)
To the TOP
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