Homecoming King
Album Version Appears On Keep It Together guster.net Tablature
Meow Mix Appears On The Meowstro Sings Guster's Keep It Together
Lyrics
Brian Rosenworcel
Music
Guster
Producer
Ron Aniello
Mixing (album)
Mike Shipley
Mixing (meow mix)
Adam Gardner
Matt Peskie

 Album Version Sessionography
Adam Gardner backing vocals, guitar
Ryan Miller guitar, lead vocals
Brian Rosenworcel drums

 Meow Mix Guests
Matt Peskie lead vocals

Notes: The meow mix of this track was deceptively labeled as "Amsterdam" when first posted on KaZaA. A pre-album winter 2002 version of this was nearly identical to the released version, just missing four lines of the bridge ("Wasn't what you hoped" through "Stay right where you are").
Live Pre-Album Spring 2002 Version Live Pre-Album Summer 2002 Version Album Version
End of December, aren't you the delicate one?
Everyone's banging on their gongs
The sooner you leave the sooner
You're home
Back in Massachusetts
To your golden age moment in time
Calling shotgun
King of your own universe
Take your place again
In front of the line

Well did you see it coming?
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king

Always forgiven, pack up you're ready to go
March to the beating of the drums
It's getting too loud it keeps on pushing you out
You never dreamed this day would come
The sooner you leave the sooner
You're home

Back in Massachusetts
To your golden age moment in time
Calling shotgun
King of your own universe
Take your place again
In front of the line

Did you see it coming?
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time
You're not homecoming king

You stand on your own
Wasn't what you hoped at all
Do you still recall it
Giving dead-arms in the hall?
Stay right where you are
You'll be half of who you were
But you always would win
Confidence in who you were

Back in Massachusetts
A golden age moment in time
Calling shotgun
King of your own universe
Take your place again
In front of the line

You know you had it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time
You're not homecoming king
You're not homecoming king
You're not homecoming king

Din't see see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time
You're not homecoming king

Is there anything you need?
Does everything feel like it's too close?
The sooner you leave the sooner
You're home
Back in Massachusetts
To your golden age where there's everything you need

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king

Now while the world is fast asleep
You dream of the days when you were on your own
It's getting too loud it keeps on pushing you out
You dream of the day when you were on your own

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king
You're not homecoming king

You stand on your own
Wasn't what you hoped at all
Do you still recall it?
Count the days 'till you get there

Back in Massachusetts
To your golden age where there's everything you need

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king
You're not homecoming king

On your way to the best years of your life
Everyone's banging on their gongs
The sooner you leave the sooner
You're home
Back in Massachusetts
To your golden age where they tuck you in at night

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king

Did you hear that? Have you heard that sound before?
Do you even know where it is coming from?
It's getting too loud it keeps on pushing you out
Into the arms of 1994

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king
You're not homecoming king

You stand on your own
Wasn't what you hoped at all
Do you still recall it
Giving dead-arms in the hall?
Stay right where you are
You'll be half of who you were
When you always would win
So count the days 'til you give in

Back to Massachusets
To your golden age where your crown is shining bright

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king

You didn't see it coming
Now who you gonna wave to?
Cause this time you're not homecoming king


Thanks to the keen ears of Dave, Gusnerd, and Kim in helping with these lyrics and to
meow Mr. Pibb and the always meow legendary conguero Brian Rosenworcel for information
on meow meow.