(Verse)
28, shouldn't look this old
But the last ten years sure took their toll

On the girl in the picture with the plastic crown
That sea queen dress wouldn't fit her now
Like it did

Before the kids

(Verse)

Yea she loves her husband 'cause she said she would
Oh it ain't so good but it ain't so good
She swore she wouldn't get stuck in this town

Now she's cutting coupons two doors down
From a mall
And it goes on


(Chorus)
Yea too bad love ain't a local parade

In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17

You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen


(Verse)
Newspaper clipping and a stash in a box

Are the only things that didn't get lost
She married a guy on the real estate sign
And it's hard to believe once upon a time

She was royalty
The girl we all wanted to be


(Chorus)
Yea too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday

With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know

That you won't always be
Homecoming queen


(Bridge)
Or the captain of the team
And it ain't what it seems

It's just a teenage dream

(Chorus)

Too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave

When you're 17
You don't know
You won't always be

You don't know
You won't always be
Homecoming queen