Text Book

[Elle 121,280]

I guess you could call it text book

I was looking for the father I wanted back

& I thought I found it in Brentwood

It seemed only appropriate you’d easily have my back

 

& Then there the was the issue of her

I didn’t even like myself or love the life I had

& There you were with shining stars

Standing blue with open arms

You touched the detriment most of the friends I knew already had

 

You’ve got a Thunderbird

My daddy had one too

Let’s rewrite history

I’ll do this dance with you

You know I’m not that girl

You know I’ll never be

Maybe just the way we’re different could set me free

 

There we were

Screaming Black Lives Matter

In a crowd by the Old Man River

&  I saw you saw who I am
God, I wish I was with my father

He could see us in all our splendor

 

I screamed for them

Oh 

I scream for them

Ahh

 

Could we do this dance again?

Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?

I guess this is really the end

I never felt jealous before this year but I’m jealous now

 

People say we’re too much alike

But maybe, finally that'll make it right
In the end of all these sleepless nights

Other men I met felt right

Would smile at you and stick in a knife

In your back, finally I met you so I’m not wondering why

 

You’ve got a Thunderbird

My daddy had one too

Let’s rewrite history

I’ll do this dance with you

You know I’m not that girl

You know I’ll never be

Maybe just the way we’re different could set me free

 

There we were

Screaming Black Lives Matter

In a crowd by the Old Man River

&  I saw you saw who I am
God, I wish I was with my father

He could see us in all our splendor

 

I screamed for them

Oh

I scream for them

Ahh

 

Old man river keeps rolling

With or without him

Old man river keeps rolling

Without him, my old man

Old man river keeps rolling

Ohh

 

 

 

Lyrics in italics or marked with a question mark are ones I could use some input on! x

[American Whore 51,313]

Here's my transcript

 

I didn't add the ending though

 

I guess you could call it textbook

I was looking for the father

I want it back

And I thought I found it in Brentwood

It seemed only appropriate

You’d easily have my back

 

And then there was the issue of her

I didn’t even like myself or love the life I had

And there you were, a shining stars

Standing blue with open arms

You touched the detriment most of the friends I knew already had

 

You got a Thunderbird

My daddy had one too

Let’s rewrite history

I’ll do this dance with you

You know I’m not that girl

You know I’ll never be

Baby just the way we’re different

Could set me free

 

The way screaming back
last summer

In the crowd

In an open river

and I saw that’s not who I am

God I wish I was with my father

He could see I said I’m lost

Wonder all the things I could’ve want for him

I screamed for them

Ohhh I screamed for them

Ohhh,

 

Could we do this dance again

Do you think if I go blonde we could get our own love back?
I guess this is really the end

I never felt jealous before this year

But i’m jealous now

People say we’re too much alike

But maybe finally that’ll make it right

At the end of all these sleepless nights

Mother met a —

Was my luxurious take one night

In your bag finally

I met you so I’m not wondering why

 

You got a Tunderbird

My daddy had one too

Let’s rewrite history

I’ll do this dance with you

You know I’m not that girl

You know I’ll never be

Baby just the way we’re different

Could set me free

 

The way screaming back
last summer

In the crowd

In an open river

and I saw that’s not who I am

God I wish I was with my father

He could see I said I’m lost

Wonder all the things I could’ve want for him

[Three White Butterflies 27,477]

SCREAMIN BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THE CROWD! 

 

[Glitter Boy 16,555]

Might be my favourite off the three (shook, I thought it would be WW), but Text Book is giving me Wild One, Born To Die, Ride vibes and I'm living. Also, whoa with the tempo changes. 

[Vanilla Icy 29,602]

could text book be about sean?

maybe just the way we're different could set me free
i run screaming black lives matter in a crowd by the old man river
and you saw who i am

[TrueLoveOnTheSide 261]

I'm just gonna say it. This is the first of the three that I've listened to and I'm already so much more hyped about these songs than anything else from COCC! 

[King of Saigon 1,384]

Textbook thematically is like white dress but way more personal. WOW i am sobbing right now 

[TrashMagiq 58,573]

twitter's def gonna eat her up for that BLM line

[naturalbornloser 434]

tbh i don't think the BLM line is problematic, buuuut she's gonna get dragged nonetheless and that makes me sad

[Tropico Roses 203]

Is she singing "Screaming Black Lives Matter" ? I swear that's what I hear

[cumtrail 76]

“screaming back last night” is actually “screaming Black Lives Matter”

[palemoonbaby 15,102]

1 minute ago, TrashMagiq said:

twitter's def gonna eat her up for that BLM line

What expect from kiddos who lives in bubble, who haven't own life and didn't go outside from several years?

[FallingCherry 7,731]

1 minute ago, naturalbornloser said:

tbh i don't think the BLM line is problematic, buuuut she's gonna get dragged nonetheless and that makes me sad

Yeah I don’t think it’s problematic either. From what I understood, she just wishes she could’ve screamed “BLM” with her father because it meant a lot to her

[YourGirl666 13,250]

The chorus kinda reminds me of TV in Black & White

[TheBoss 13,507]

The melody reminds me so much of a song "... break your heart... Give my heart a break.." I don't remember the name but the chorus sounds so similar

[YourGirl666 13,250]

The way Text Book chorus is just TV in Black & White meets Driving in Cars with Boys

 

[Churchome Rep 3,381]

I’m hearing “and in all that splendor” in the chorus?

[yourolllikethunder 4,886]

Guys help! The chorus of text book sounds melodically so similar to one of her other songs and I cannot for the life of me think of what it is but I almost want to start singing it! Any clues?

[bel air rose 11,630]

the first verse of textbook is serving back to black vibes 

[Cacciatore 19,347]

1 minute ago, yourolllikethunder said:

Guys help! The chorus of text book sounds melodically so similar to one of her other songs and I cannot for the life of me think of what it is but I almost want to start singing it! Any clues?

 

Someone said TV in Black and White