Smudged funnies in a broken bottle   On the dot at nine   So daddy throws clothes, throws on an old stove   I'm cryin' in the corner at five      Well, I've seen black and I've seen blue   But fine lines I don't see   And just because I am in misery   Don't it mean a thing      That I wanna know   That I wanna know      Graduation Day   Graduation Day   We take back everything   We said about you      September, as far as she remembers   They don't teach humility   And just because her only signal is mayday   Don't it mean a thing      That she's seen love and she's seen war   But fairness she don't see   And just because she is in misery   Don't it mean a thing      That she wants to know   That she wants to know      Graduation Day   Graduation Day   We take back everything   We said about you      (Graduation Day)   Graduation Day   Graduation Day   We take back everything   We said too      The camaraderie's old, doing what I'm told   And everybody knows this is getting out of hand   Everybody is dying for, the chance to be heard not ignored   And everybody knows this is getting out of hand      Graduation Day   Graduation Day   We take back everything   We said about you      Graduation Day   Graduation Day   We take back everything   We said too      (Graduation Day)   I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna   I ain't goin' to school   (Graduation Day)   I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna   I'm not goin' to school