Gym Class Heroes - Faces In The Hall Lyrics
I knew this kid named Albertofunny style catand his girl looked like a turtlenot Lisa Turtle, just a turtlehigh school trackhe ran the hurdlehis peers shed tears senior year when he got murderednow Alberto was your average A studentparticipated in class,never came lateand never truanthis family was picture perfecthis older sister was prom queenhis dad a decorated vet from the Vietnam teamhis mother was Dear Abby,an ordinary house wifelike clockwork, always had dinner on the table at 5but Alberto had a monster he kept under his bedinstead of letting it out,he just got a girlfriend insteadshe knew something was funnyshecould tell by his behavioror the way he flamboyantly shook his handwhen he would wave to hershe thought nothing of itand just shoved it in the closetuntil the day that word dripped out like leaky faucetAlberto was homosexualI ain't have nothing against itbut little Ronnie Johnson and all his football player friends didthey'd always pick and nagcall him "fag" and such and suchand couldn't wait to get to gym so they could really bust his nutsthe gym teacher never caredhe'd just join in on the actionhe'd make silly gesturesand compared him to Micheal JacksonAlberto couldn't take ithe'd just stop showing up and whenever he walked them hallshe just felt like throwin' upand night he would cry and cry and ask "God why?"like "God, why the *****'d I have to be born this way?"God would reply, "Son, you've gotta show 'em you're more than gay"cause he had dreams to be a track staruntil that warm April nightthem gay jokes went way too farRonnie begged for his forgivenessand invited him to a partycause his parents went awayand left him plenty of BacardiAlberto kindly acceptedhe was finally acceptedexcept it was all deceptionand left them all unprotectedit was a plan Ronnie had scammedto get him in the right placeverbally degrade and rearrange his pretty facethe plan would go swiftlythey started calling him sissyone punch turned into fiftythey beat him till he was dizzynow Alberto lie in bloodwhile his peers look on in fearhe took his last breathand passed away his senior yearneedless to sayit was one big tragedyand how was Ronnie gonna explain to his family,while they were on vacation taking in sightshe got wasted and killed a kid that nightdon't be a slave and behave the way they do,just utilize the gifts that God gave you (x4)I knew this girl named Mariabright and talentedwith aspirations to be abig superstarwhat a great ideauntil she fell off and started to listening to her peersOh dear!now Maria was your typical obnoxiousanalytical head strong rebelflippin' off the principalsingle mother home structureshe looked after baby brotherwhile mom worked two jobsjust to buy supperPops was a struggling musiciantroubled man,juggling family and heroin addictionhe overdosed and left a notice of evictionand a crate of records on the table in the kitchenand a little angel with a keen sense of soundwho saw silence in the records she foundand she would stay up late at nightreciting songs to herselfunder pale moonlightrighting wrongs that her pops made,promised her mom she'd never go that same routeturns outCarrie Anne had other plansher and her man Ronnie most popular,second best to nobodyhomecoming queen versus ugly ducklingand the story ends the same wayOk, Ronnie's parents went away for a couple of daysand told him "No Drinking"what the ***** were they thinking?Maria was oblivious that her boyfriend had already been invitedso when Carrie Anne askedshe got all excitedlike "damn now I got something to look forward to"or so she thoughtMaria kindly accepted,except it was all bullshitnot pay attention,Carrie Anne hated Maria cause she could singso she scored a bag of heroinbut the craziest thing wasMaria never touched drugs, she did that nightand when her man was getting beatshe was nowhere in sightnow her boyfriend lie in bloodand she had no ideaAlberto passed away and she got hooked her senior yearneedless to sayit was one one big tragedyand I hate to break it butit doesn't end happilya warm day in May,the sky was so beautifulCarrie Anne died in a crash leaving the funeral
