Poster Child

High school, seventeen

High on a melody

Writin' songs for nothin'

But the sanity of your soul

No one cheering you on

No one singing along

You're the poster child for too high hopes

And wanna be rock and roll

You got AC/DC, Hank and Johnny

Hangin' on your bedroom wall

Starin' at you, sayin' maybe you ain't crazy after all

So you're corner stage, smokey bar

No crowd goin' wild

Town to town, beat up car

Keep puttin' on miles

Don't stop strummin' that six string

It'll break your heart for a while

But one day, you just might see your name

Up there on that poster child

A dream kills easily

But you can't kill a dream

It ain't a choice, couldn't give it up

Even if you wanted to

It's a poison and a cure

It's a healin' and a hurt

It's in your bones, it's in your blood

Skin deep like an old tattoo

So you're corner stage, smokey bar

No crowd goin' wild

Town to town, beat up car

Keep puttin' on miles

Don't stop strummin' that six string

It'll break your heart for a while

But one day, you just might see your name

Up there on that poster child

Up there on that poster child, yeah

Woah-oh, woah-oh

Keep dreamin' like you're supposed to, child

Woah-oh, woah-oh

'Til it's you on that poster child

Center stage, 'bout to start

Whole crowd's goin' wild

Can't believe where you are

Keep puttin' on miles

Don't stop strummin' that six string

Can't shake that smile

Now some kid's dreamin' 'cause your name

Is up there on that poster child

Up there on that poster child, yeah

High school, seventeen

High on a melody