Every time you go out to schoolThey make you feel like a fool todayYou don't listen to the music, they doThey jumped into the boxes they made for themAnd then you're doodling inside your notebookLet your fantasies run awayYour paper is bleeding emotionCrossing out every word that they say'Cause they don't know, whoa, whoaHow you go, whoa, whoaShow, whoa, whoaYour heart of gold, whoa, whoaGlass breaks easier than concreteYou gotta let them all feel the edgeDyed your hair so many colors it's unrecognizableYou're taking chances insteadPulling yourself up by your bootstrapsFantasies on your sleeveTakin' off faster than lightnin'Making fantasy reality nowYou gotta know, whoa, whoaHow you go, whoa, whoaShow, whoa, whoaYour heart of gold, whoa, whoaNow you made somethin' from nothin'Like a rebel without a causeTakin' off quicker than lightnin'Making fantasy reality nowYou gotta know, whoa, whoaHow you go, whoa, whoaShow, whoa, whoaYou gotta know, whoa, whoaThey gotta know, whoa, whoaYou gotta show, whoa, whoaNow you know, whoa, whoaYour heart of gold, whoa, whoa