Bobbie Ann Mason

It wasn't the books that I didn't read

It wasn't the teachers that tried to teach me

It wasn't that varsity baseball coach

Kept on tellin' them locker room jokes

It was Bobbie Ann Mason, back in high school

She was way too cute, she was way too cool

How was I gonna get an education

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason?

Well, Bobbie knew her history

Bobbie knew her French

Bobbie knew how to keep the boys in suspense

She'd tease with a touch, she'd tease with a kiss

I was three long years bein' teased by pretty miss

Bobbie Ann Mason, back in high school

She was way too cute, she was way too cool

How was I gonna get an education

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason?

Well, Bobbie graduated first in the class

Me, I graduated closer to last

Bobbie went to college

She got a degree

I got a guitar so I could sing about

Me and Bobbie Ann Mason, back in high school

She was way too cute, she was way too cool

How was I gonna get an education

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason?

Well, the years have taught me, the basics of math

Divorce divides and time subracts

Takes away your hair, takes away your jump shot

But it ain't gonna take all the memories I got of

Bobbie Ann Mason, back in high school

She was way too cute, she was way too cool

How was I gonna get an education

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason?

Back in high school

She was way too cute, she was way too cool

And I got most of my education

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason

Sittin' right back of Bobbie Ann Mason