[Verse 1]
Twenty-eight shouldn't look this old
But the last ten years sure took their toll
On the girl in the picture with the plastic crown
That sequined dress wouldn't fit her now
Like it did before the kids

[Verse 2]
Yeah she loves her husband 'cause she said she would
Oh it ain't so bad, but it ain't so good
She swore she wouldn't get stuck in this town
Now she's cutting coupons two doors down
From a mall and it goes on

[Chorus]
Yeah too bad life ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're seventeen, you don't know
That you won't always be homecoming queen

[Verse 3]
A newspaper clipping and a sash in a box
Are the only things that didn't get lost
She married a guy on a real estate sign
And it's hard to believe once upon a time
She was royalty, the girl we all wanted to be
[Chorus]
Yeah too bad life ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're seventeen, you don't know
That you won't always be homecoming queen

[Bridge]
Or the captain of the team
It ain't what it seems
It's just a teenage dream

[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad life ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're seventeen, you don't know
That you won't always be homecoming queen
You won't always be homecoming queen