The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload

And nobody's gonna go to school today

What reason do you need to be shown? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

The telex machine is kept so clean, and it types to a waiting world

Her mother feels so shocked, father's world is rocked

And their thoughts turn to their own little girl

Sweet 16, ain't that peachy keen

Now, it ain't so neat to admit defeat

They can see no reasons 'cause there are no reasons

What reasons do you need? Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa

Down, down, shoot it all down

And all the playing's stopped in the playground, now

She wants to play with the toys a while

And school's out early and soon we'll be learning

And the lesson today is how to die

And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles

With the problems and the hows and whys

What reason do you need to die, die? Oh, ooh

And the silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload

Oh, and nobody's gonna go to school, today

What reason do you need to be shown?

Ooh, ooh, ooh