The Practice Song

Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
After school, every weekend
Thanksgiving and winter break
Michelle's hand goes numb, Sean's fingers nearly break
But Jimmy can't slow down, and everyone
Just follows him, even when they're bleeding
Or sleep-deprived
Which is often the case

Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice, practice
Skipping school, then their grades slip
Michelle's parents never know where she is
She sleeps at Jimmy's house most of the time
And Jimmy's dad puts blankets around the walls of the garage
So they don't get a third noise complaint
But they do anyway

Practice, practice, practice
Practice very day
Who needs to eat dinner
When we got new songs to play
Practice in the morning
Practice every night
Teacher's calling, neighbors yelling
Well, fuck them!

Open mics, weekend house shows
They'll take what they can get
Put posters on the public library walls
Well, they're a family now, or at least they're equally dysfunctional

Jimmy, slow down
Craig, you're rushing
Michelle, the chorus is a beat later
Jimmy, it sounds better this way
I agree
Thank you, Sean
Are y'all staying here tonight?
I would like to
We can order pizza
And play Monopoly
You always cheat though
Yeah, that's the fun part
If you say so

I love you guys
We're really gonna make it
Okay, but first let's order pizza