It's been 18 years since fetus,
and suddenly I'm on my own
I can vote, play bingo, smoke, enlist,
but can't seem to let myself go

I guess I'm leaving you mother,
I'll be back this summer
my dorm will be lonely unless there's a chick
I'll miss your home cooked meals forever

Breaking up a history,
taking up a life to carry on,
leaving everything I know behind

Laundry days, tuition paid, gotta keep on keeping up
because those high school days are over now
you better get to every class, those tests will kick your ass
because those high school days are over now

Can't afford a thing, can't afford the time to get a job
you've got to study!!!
Oh, how I miss those good ol' days when Mom would tuck me in
because those high school days are over now
dependent days are over now
no more careless days of bliss
because those high school days are over

So now it's farewell to father,
I never will bother you more for the car rides,
but will for the cash
I'll miss my allowance on Thursdays

Breaking up a history,
taking up a life to carry on,
leaving everything I know behind

Cause I'm always there
and I won't let you out of my side