Her voice is echoed in my mind 
I count the days till she is mine 
Can't tell my friends 
'cause they will laugh 
I love a girl from senior class 

I daydream through freshman math 
While she fills out her college apps 
I'll show her a world where we belong 
But she'll have to drive us to the prom 

That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
You can call me crazy 
She is so amazing
That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
Girlfriends I've had plenty 
But she's the one that I need 
That's what I go to school for 
That's what I go to school for 

Her boyfriend's just turning nineteen 
But that doesn't bother me 
He's back at college out of town 
I find a reason to go round 

I climb a tree outside her home 
To make sure that she is alone 
She looks up and sees me there 
Still I can't help 
but stop and stare 

That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
You can call me crazy 
She is so amazing
That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
Girlfriends I've had plenty 
But she's the one that I need 
That's what I go to school for
That's what I, what I,
that's what I go to school for

Everyone that you see all day 
knows you're looking at me 
in a different way 
I guess that's why my marks
are getting so high 
I can see those tell tale signs 
telling me that I was on your mind 
I could see that you want it more 
when you told me 
that I'm what you go to school for 
I'm what you go to school for 

She's made her choice and I'm the one 
At least 'til graduation comes 
We drive past school to wave goodbye 
My friends they can't believe their eyes 

That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
You can call me crazy 
She is so amazing
That's what I go to school for 
Even though it is a real bore 
Girlfriends I've had plenty 
But she's the one that I need 
that's what I go to school for
That's what I, what I,
that's what I go to school for