He was always such a nice boy The quiet one With good intentions He was down for his brother Respectful to his mother A good boy But good donв't get attention One kid with a promise The brightest kid in school Heв's not a fool Reading books about science and smart stuff Itв's not enoughno Cause smart donв't make you coolwhoa Heв's not invisible anymore With his fatherв's 9 and a broken fuse Since he walked through that classroom door Heв's all over primetime news Maryв's got the same size hands As marilyn monroe She put her fingers in the imprints And danced chinese theater show She coulda been a movie star Never got the chance to go that far Her life was stole Now weв'll never know No no no no oh They were crying to the camera Said he never fitted in He wasnв't welcomed He showed up the parties We was hanging in Some guys puttinв' him down Bullying him round round Now I wish I woulda talked to him Gave him the time of day Not turn away If I woulda been the one to maybe go this far He might have stayed at home Playing angry chords on his guitar Heв's not invisible anymore With his baggy pants and his legs in chains Since he walked through that classroom door Everybody knows his name Maryв's got the same size hands (oh) As marilyn monroe She put her fingers in the imprints (ooh) And danced chinese theater show She coulda been a movie star (she coulda been a movie staroh) Never got the chance to go that far Her life was stole Now weв'll never know (now weв'll never knowoh) Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (20 feet away) He had a try out with the sixers Couldnв't wait for saturday (saturday) Now weв're never gonna see him slam Flying high as kobe can His life was stole (stole) Oh now weв'll never know Now weв'll never never never know Mmm now weв'll never never never never know Stole (stole) Oh whoa yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Maryв's got the same size hands (same size hands) As marilyn monroe (oh) She put her fingers in the imprints And danced chinese theater show (she was gonna be a star) She coulda been a movie star (oh no) Never got the chance to go that far (never got the chance) Her life was stole (stolestole) Oh now weв'll never know (now weв'll never never knowno) Greg was always getting net from 20 feet away (he had gameoh) He had a try out with the sixers Couldnв't wait for saturday Now weв're never gonna see him slam (never see him) Flying high as kobe can His life was stole (stoleoh) Oh now weв'll never know (now weв'll never never know) Oh no no no Yeah their lives were stole