When I was young I was a fool   I was somebody elses tool   I sas at the mercy of my so-called friends   You never saw a joke like me   I was as dumb as I could be      If I could go back to my school   I'd show 'em how I broke the rules   I'd show 'em all my wordly cool      One day I fell out of the pack   I felt like Yasser Arafat   It was a close shave but I skipped that trap   And now I've done some growing up   I ain't the same old buttercup      If I could go back to my school   I'd show 'em all my wordly cool      I never dared to take a chance   I never asked a girl to dance   And all my dreams were out of reach   And when the girls came out to play   I never had a thing to say   And all my dreams were out of reach   I never thought to disobey   Not like I always do today      If I could go back to my school   I'd show 'em how I broke the rules   I'd show 'em all my wordly cool