Captain of the Team

It must be nice being her

It must be nice seeing four years ahead

The best four years

Of your life

It must be nice

When we're playing home games,

it's equally important that we keep up the same level of spirit

that we do at away games.

Sometimes people think that because we're on our own turf,

it means we can lose some of that enthusiasm,

and that's definitely not true

Four years ago that was me

Who pushed too hard trying to get on the team

Who spent all her time at the gym

Didn't get in

So I wear a costume, sure I'm the Tiger

But I'm a joke to all of my friends

Give me the chance to show them what I learned

I could be better than any of them

Can't you see me on the front lines

Cheering to the whole school

Everybody lives to serve me

Doesn't matter what I look like

Pictures in the yearbook

They all know they don't deserve me

I am the captain and I'm the class president

I am the face of this town

I'm not defined by years on the sidelines

Being the girl no one wants to be around

I hear them saying:

Captain of the team

Will you please come to our party

Oh my god, your hair looks great!

Where'd you get that dress

Captain of our dreams

We are really oh so sorry

We've been wrong for years

And now we see that you're the best

I know we were mean to you in 8th grade

And 7th grade and 6th grade

And 5th grade and 4th grade

And 3rd grade and 2nd grade

But things change

Things change

High school will hurt. Your boyfriends will break up with you.

Your parents will fight, you'll fail your classes.

But when you're a Tiger, your team won't let you fall.

This uniform is a promise to protect your team,

it's a promise they'll protect you,

and anyone who breaks that promise, breaks us.

As your captain, I find that kind of behavior unacceptable.

That field is an escape from the world,

and we're lucky to call it our home

So let me be captain, hero, and Tiger

I gave too much to let this all go

I could be someone that they would admire

I have to try til I finally know

What it's like there on the front lines

Cheering to the whole school

Finally for once I'm happy

Classmates copy what I look like

Cover of the yearbook

Nobody is laughing at me

I am the captain

And I'm the class president

Give me a chance

I can't walk away

One final shot with all that I've got

Don't want a lot, they just have to say

Say!

Ladies!

Captain of the team

Will you please come to our party

Oh my god your hair looks great

You turned out so well!

I know!

Captain of our dreams

We are really all so sorry

That we made your every day

A constant waking hell

I'll forgive the years of pain and calling names

And hopeless days and praying it would go away

And yet it stayed, for years I paid

But things change

Things change