No Such Thing

John Mayer · Any Given Thursday [2003]

"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 dream 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



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've got to rise above



I am invincible

I am invincible

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



I just can't wait 'til my ten 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