"We Are the Seniors"

The penultimate song on my school tape of December 1985. This was written at a time in my life that I was smug about having left school. Now I’m back in class. Someone is laughing somewhere.

We Are the Seniors

© 1985 Brian Hutzell

We've been kicked before, been kissed before

Been blessed and messed and licked before

We've had victory, had misery

Made it big, make believe, made history

We are the seniors

We're graduating

We are the seniors

We're celebrating

We've been foiled before, been failed before

Been tailed and trailed and jailed before

We've had rough exams, met tough demands

Now the world is in our hands

We are the seniors

We're graduating

We are the seniors

We're celebrating

Hey freshmen, you've just begun

Hey sophomores, you're bothersome

Hey juniors, you're almost there

We're the seniors and we don't care!

We've made love before, drawn blood before

Been screwed and booed and fucked before

We've seen mysteries, tried LSD

We've stood before the guillotine

We are the seniors

We're graduating

We are the seniors

We're celebrating

We've been led to this, now it's up to us

We've been handed down the crown, the cross

Now we stand before the open door

The meat to feed another war

We are the seniors

We're concentrating

We are the seniors

We're demonstrating

We are the seniors

We're renovating

We are the seniors

We're agitating

We are the seniors

We're liberating

We are the seniors

We're penetrating

"Plato"

Brian Hutzell