Homecoming Queen

Twenty eight shouldn't look this old

But the last ten years sure took their toll

On the girl in the picture with a plastic crown

That sequin dress wouldn't fit her now

Like it did before the kids

Yeah, she loves her husband 'cause she said she would

Oh, it ain't so bad, but it ain't so good

She swore she wouldn't get stuck in this town

Now she's cutting coupons two doors down

From her mom

And it goes on

Yeah, too bad, life ain't a local parade

In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday

With all the little girls waiting on you to wave

When you're seventeen you don't know that you won't always be

Homecoming queen

A newspaper clipping and sash in a box

Are the only things that didn't get lost

She married a guy on a real estate sign

And it's hard to believe once upon a time

She was royalty

The girl we all wanted to be

Yeah, too bad, life ain't a local parade

In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday

With all the little girls waiting on you to wave

When you're seventeen you don't know that you won't always be

Homecoming queen

Or the captain of the team

It ain't what it seems

It's just a teenage dream

Yeah, too bad, life ain't a local parade

In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday

With all the little girls waiting on you to wave

When you're seventeen you don't know that you won't always be

Homecoming queen

You won't always be

Homecoming queen