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The speakers are pulsing and pounding
The bass is turned up way too high
The bodies are packed in around me
There's nobody I recognize
There's a guy and a girl
They're on top of each other
He seems to be eating her face
Just a typical college party
In this typical college place
The room's soaked in sweat; it's disgusting
But nobody else seems to mind
They're dancing and bumping and thrusting around
But I'm not sure I know how to grind
I don't know what to do
I don't know where to go
I'm just waiting for sparks to ignite
Just a typical college party
On this typical college night
Come join the party, Charlie!
I don't think that I can
Come join the party, Charlie!
You just don't understand
What if I mess up or do something wrong?
I just don't know how to be part of the throng
What the hell's wrong with you, Charlie?
This isn't what you planned
It's not like this is my first party
I have been to parties before
But that was in high school; we'd all just play games
And then fall asleep on the floor
There was no pressure then
I knew everyone there
And they already knew me as well
Not like this full-of-strangers party
in this typical college hell!
And I'm not like a total fiasco
It's not like I've never been kissed
But each time was luck, a mysterious fluke
or a random, bewildering twist
'Cause I never was suave
and I never was cool
just endearingly clumsy, at best
And now here at this college party
I'm a typical college mess!
Come join the party, Charlie!
I don't think that I can
Come join the party, Charlie!
You just don't understand
What if I mess up or do something wrong?
I just don't know how to be part of the throng
Get it together, Charlie
This isn't what you planned
In high school I always felt awkward
In high school I felt out of place
But I said to myself, just wait until college
where everything old is erased
In high school I always felt left out
In high school I always felt strange
But I said to myself, just wait until college
'cause that's when it's all gonna change
So I got my *** together
And I got my acceptance letter
And I came here this September
But it didn't make anything better...
Come join the party, Charlie!
I don't think that I can
Come join the party, Charlie!
You just don't understand
What if I mess up or do something wrong?
I just don't know how to feel like I belong
Get out of the corner, Charlie
This isn't what you planned
Where are you going, Charlie?
You've proved our doubts about you
Get back to the party, Charlie
We're all having fun without you...
I was dancing at the party
with a bunch of Theta bros
It was all like, "Whoa, hot guy alert!"
Tom came up and grinned
and for a second there I froze
You could see his six-pack through his shirt!
The next thing that I knew,
he was behind me on the floor
How these things get started, I don't know
We kissed a bit
and then we were careening out the door
down the stairs and 'cross the quad below
And I thought
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Yeah, I thought
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Look, I kind of like him,
I want more than just a one-night thing
but I'm not sure there's any chance
of that actually happening
I'm freaking out, I'm going nuts
but also I'm just so excited
'cause I've wanted Tom for weeks
but I thought it was unrequited
Sure, I know it's dumb to get all worried
It's ridiculous
to keep obsessing 'bout it
and you're probably getting sick of this
I think that it went well, though
I was trying hard to play it cautious
Though it's hard to tell
'cause I was super drunk and kind of nauseous
Go to a party, dance with a girl,
lean in for a kiss
It shouldn't be complicated
but somehow something is amiss
Other people seem to know
how to go for what they want
Other guys possess some sort of thing which I do not
Swallow this tequila
and you're automatically making out
Say the right things and dress the right way
and carry the right kind of clout
Tom goes up to Lila
snaps his fingers, andÑ Kazam!
and I just stand her listening like the idiot I am
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Everyone finds it effortless,
everyone's so nonchalant
I wish that I could be like that
more than anything else that I want
Lila gets the guy she wants
The guys all get the girls
I wish that I could be like that
more than anything else in the world
Well, we made it to his room
although we both could barely walk
Falling on his bed in disarray
Right as I took off my shirt
we heard his roommate knock
Tom was like, "Dude, not right now, okay?"
We didn't go that far
stayed pretty low down on the scale
Just another drunken quid-pro-quo
Anyways, I don't think that you need much more detail
Everybody knows how these things go
But now it's
Oh, what am I gonna do?
I'm thinking
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Look, I kind of like him,
I want more than just a one-night thing
But I'm not sure there's any chance
of that actually happening
I'm freaking out, I'm going nuts
but also I'm just so excited
'cause I've wanted Tom for weeks
but I thought it was unrequited
Sure I know it's dumb to get all worried
It's ridiculous
to keep obsessing 'bout it
and you're probably getting sick of this
I think that it went well, though
I was trying hard to play it cautious
Though it's hard to tell
'cause I was super drunk and kind of nauseous
Go to a party, talk to a girl...
take her home
It shouldn't be complicated
so why do I end up alone?
Other people play by all these rules that go unstated
Other people learned this stuff
but I'm uneducated
Dance like no one's watching
be yourself, do what you feel
It all makes sense inside my head
but I just can't make it real
Lila gets obsessed with Tom
although they've barely spoken
And I just stand here staring
knowing something's badly broken
Oh, what am I gonna do?
Oh, what am I gonna do?
I want her more than anything
I only wish she knew
I wish I could just kiss her
but I don't know what to do
She talks and talks and talks at me
but she just looks right through
Lila, I go to sleep at night
dreaming about you!