SUITCASE CAMPUS                          © 2002 Acoustic Ross

I’m a lonely state school freshman, I’ve got all I need
My high school girlfriend, I still call her every day each week
I go home to see her often, kiss her on the cheek
My roommate is an upperclassman, he says I’m a geek

   He says the phone bill’s way too high, I shouldn’t call so much
   My parents, they agree, they say I should make her go Dutch
   But every night when I’m ready for bed
   I can’t hold back those thoughts in my head
   I reminisce and grab the phone, I reach out and touch someone

	I wish I were still in high school, then everything would be okay
	I wish I were still in high school, why’d I have to graduate?
	I miss all those crazy times, I miss all those friends of mine
	And if I were still there that would be fine

I go to the dining hall and I eat all alone
And every week goes by and then I drive myself back home
Maybe I should stay on campus and make a couple friends
But all the friends I left back home, well what would they do then?

   Within two weeks they would forget, and think that I was dead
   They’d start having fun without me, where would I be then?
   So every Friday I get in my car and drive on home, it’s not that far
   I reminisce about the past and try to bring those good times back

	I wish I were still in high school, then everything would be okay
	I wish I were still in high school, why’d I have to graduate?
	I miss all those crazy times, I miss all those friends of mine
	And if I were still there that would be fine

Well now I’m almost thirty and I’m out there on my own
The basement of my parents’ house, a computer and a phone
I pledged a big fraternity, my brothers stick to me like glue
We get together once a year and drink till we all puke

   And in between reunions I think about the glory days
   I email all my brothers and wonder why I can’t get laid
   And once a year we go back to school
   the new brothers think we’re really cool
   We reminisce about the past, cause girlfriends and DUIs never last

	I wish I were still in college, then everything would be okay
	I wish I were still in college, why’d I have to graduate?
	I miss all those drunken plans, I miss all those one-night stands
	And if I were still there that would be grand