He was always such a nice boy The quiet one With good intentions He was down for his brother Respectful to his mother A good boy But good don't get attention One kid with a promise The brightest kid in school He's not a fool Reading books about science and smart stuff It's not enough, no Cause smart don't make you cool, whoa
He's not invisible anymore With his Father's 9 and a broken fuse Since he walked through that classroom door He's all over primetime news
Mary's got the same size hands As Marilyn Monroe She put her fingers in the imprints And danced Chinese Theater Show She coulda been a movie star Never got the chance to go that far Her life was stole Now we'll never know
No no no no oh
They were crying to the camera Said he never fitted in He wasn't welcomed He showed up the parties We was hanging in Some guys puttin' him down Bullying him round round Now I wish I woulda talked to him Gave him the time of day Not turn away If I woulda been the one to maybe go this far He might have stayed at home Playing angry chords on his guitar
He's not invisible anymore With his baggy pants and his legs in chains Since he walked through that classroom door Everybody knows his name
Mary's got the same size hands (Oh) As Marilyn Monroe She put her fingers in the imprints (Ooh) And danced Chinese Theater Show She coulda been a movie star (She coulda been a movie star, oh) Never got the chance to go that far Her life was stole Now we'll never know (Now we'll never know, oh)
Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (20 feet away) He had a try out with the Sixers Couldn't wait for Saturday (Saturday) Now we're never gonna see him slam Flying high as Kobe can His life was stole (Stole) Oh now we'll never know
Now we'll never never never know Mmm now we'll never never never never know Stole (Stole) Oh whoa yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Mary's got the same size hands (Same size hands) As Marilyn Monroe (Oh) She put her fingers in the imprints And danced Chinese Theater Show (She was gonna be a star) She coulda been a movie star (Oh no) Never got the chance to go that far (Never got the chance) Her life was stole (Stole, stole) Oh now we'll never know (Now we'll never never know, no)
Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (He had game, oh) He had a try out with the Sixers Couldn't wait for Saturday Now we're never gonna see him slam (Never see him) Flying high as Kobe can His life was stole (Stole, oh) Oh now we'll never know (Now we'll never never know)