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The Verve Pipe - The Freshman Lyrics



The Verve Pipe - The Freshman Lyrics




When I was young I knew everything
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And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
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Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
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Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
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I can't be held responsible
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Cause she was touching her face
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I won't be held responsible
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She fell in love in the first place
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For the life of me I cannot remember
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What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
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For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
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We were merely freshmen
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My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
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His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
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Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
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Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
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I can't be held responsible
+
Cause she was touching her face
+
I won't be held responsible
+
She fell in love in the first place
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
+
We never talk of our lacking relationships
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And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
+
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
+
I can't be held responsible
+
Cause she was touching her face
+
I won't be held responsible
+
She fell in love in the first place
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We were merely freshmen
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When I was young I knew everything
+
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
+
Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
+
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
+
I can't be held responsible
+
Cause she was touching her face
+
I won't be held responsible
+
She fell in love in the first place
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
+
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
+
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
+
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
+
I can't be held responsible
+
Cause she was touching her face
+
I won't be held responsible
+
She fell in love in the first place
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
+
We never talk of our lacking relationships
+
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
+
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
+
I can't be held responsible
+
Cause she was touching her face
+
I won't be held responsible
+
She fell in love in the first place
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
For the life of me I cannot remember
+
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
+
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We were merely freshmen
+
We were merely freshmen
+
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Writer: A.J. Dunning, Brad Vander Ark, Brian Vander Ark, Donald Brown, Donny Brown, Doug Corella, DOUGLAS CORELLA, JEFFREY DUNNING
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC




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"The Freshmen" is a song by American alternative rock band the Verve Pipe. Released in January 1997 as the third single from their second studio album Villains, the song became the band's breakthrough hit and is the group's highest-charting single, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number six in Canada, and number 28 in Australia.

In an interview with Exclusive, lead singer and songwriter Brian Vander Ark stated that the incident which inspired the song was when his pregnant girlfriend had an abortion.

In a 2018 interview with Songfacts, Vander Ark said:
"It's for the most part a made-up story, which most of my songs are. These are stories that I come up with, and I do characters. Part of the story was true in the fact that I had gone out with a girl and my buddy had gone out with her after I went out with her, and then I went out with her again and then she ended up getting pregnant and having an abortion.

But from there, there's poetic license that happens and makes the story more dramatic. A neophyte writer that I was, I ended up having her commit suicide, and that never happened."
Performed by: The Verve Pipe
Genre(s): Alternative rock, post-grunge, One Hit Wonder
Written by: A.J. Dunning, Brad Vander Ark, Brian Vander Ark, Donald Brown, Donny Brown, Doug Corella, DOUGLAS CORELLA, JEFFREY DUNNING
Released: January 21st, 1997
Year: 1997
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