[Verse 1]

I’m sick of rapid aging man, I’m eighteen, casting votes

Calculating asymptotes and annotating anecdotes

I need an antidote, give me a massive dose

Of classic coke, take me back to those days of cracking jokes

And passing notes back and forth, back in fourth grade

We would laugh and snort, have a short day, jeans that I wore frayed

I was crap at sports, played like a wacky dork

Never keeping track of score, stayed out at half-court

Tryna make a basket, like a weaver

But I was never good at tetherball either

Thought I was forever smaller, but was getting taller

And was getting tolerant of whether y’all were

Ever gonna mature, wasn’t up to much, sure

We were nothing but pure, back when we were getting

Knowledge for free, as small as could be

Focused more on what we wanted to be

Than a college degree

[Chorus]

I wish I could go back

Knew I’d have to grow up eventually

But at the time, I didn’t realize what it meant to me

Oh, I wish I could go back

I know today I’m still making memories

But I was in my element back in elementary

[Verse 2]

Back before I was teen with a phone addiction, barely

Know what it means just to own a dictionary

We’re alone, it’s frickin’ scary

But also connected, It’s hollow just getting

Your follows accepted and autocorrected

We’re all so affected, but not so protected

We live our lives up on the internet

Feeling so fly, but we’re caught up in the web

Would share my lunch if I sat near ya

In the cafeteria full of bacteria

But wouldn't even dare eat the greasy square pizza

They keep in their freezer, the hysteria

Was so tangible, but we were untouchable

A comfortable bunch of fools with stomachs full of lunchables

And Gogurts, I would always go slurp

I remember people yelling "yo, squirt!"

Before I hit my growth spurt

[Chorus]

I wish I could go back

Knew I’d have to grow up eventually

But at the time, I didn’t realize what it meant to me

Oh, I wish I could go back

I know today I’m still making memories

But I was in my element back in elementary

[Verse 3]

I wasn't old yet, only growing

I had no debts, didn't owe men

Didn't know death, what's an omen

And marveled at my cold breath, building snowmen

Thought I was so deft, I was only ten

I but with no X, not a Roman

I was protected, and clothing

I had chosen had rows of text

I was a pro at tests, now I just protest

'Cause the con of tests is they’re just contests

They can be interesting, but sometimes I'd rather be ripping out all of my

Intestines than be in testing

I still detest all the tests

But recess was the best

'Cause we'd get to destress

And never had regrets

Our school placed silly bans

On marbles and silly bands

On the playground, always raced 'round, like a greyhound

Stayed proud, always made sounds that were way loud

And quite nasal, wish everyone was

Still proud that I'm able to fill out a times table

But now, it's time to table my childlike, playful

Style and find the way to get out of my cradle

[Chorus]

I wish I could go back

Knew I’d have to grow up eventually

But at the time, I didn’t realize what it meant to me

Oh, I wish I could go back

I know today I’m still making memories

But I was in my element back in elementary