This Isn’t Hogwarts

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I hate this place! I can barely keep the misery off my face! Yeah, there's one place I'd much rather be Taking transfiguration and arithmancy And hangin' with my friends in the owlery But instead I'm learning parts of speech And tryin' not to fall asleep And avoiding the only girl in school who might like me [Verse 2] It's so grotesque When the guy sittin' next to me drools all over his desk And I almost raise my hand to complain But then I realize that I want to be doin' the same So I put my head down on my desk as well And suddenly I'm learning a spell To make my teacher's head swell But then he wakes me up And I can't help but yell Engorgio! [Chorus] This isn't Hogwarts This is a concrete box And the pictures on the wall are never going to talk And the teachers don't care the kids don't try And the most magical thing we have is fluorescent lights And they don't put you in Hufflepuff if you're not cool Instead they sort you in the parking lot after school And I think if I looked into the Mirror of Erised I'd be wearing wizard robes with gold and red! I'm not saying that I'm not proud to be a nerd But public school ain't no place for a wizard Yeah, public school ain't no place for a wizard! [Verse 3] Y'know what's gross! When the lunch meat looks like three day old soggy toast But as I ate it anyway I overheard; This guy I hardly know, calling me a nerd So I cast Sectumsempra on him, inside my mind I wish there were house elves making my food And everything was perfectly spiced And the only one being rude was the poltergeist! [Verse 4] Then here's what's true; I'd do pretty much anything to go to wizard school I'd even call Dolores Umbridge my friend If it meant I never had to go to gym again But I look around at all of this crap That's part of my life No ghosts stalking the halls Or hanging in the bathroom stalls And the stairs don't move Cause there's no stairs at all! [Chorus] This isn't Hogwarts This is a concrete box And the pictures on the wall are never going to talk And the teachers don't care the kids don't try And the most magical thing we have is fluorescent lights And they don't put you in Hufflepuff if you're not cool Instead they sort you in the parking lot after school And I think if I looked into the Mirror of Erised I'd be wearing wizard robes with gold and red! I'm not saying that I'm not proud to be a nerd But public school ain't no place for a wizard! Yeah, public school ain't no place for a wizard!