

He's got a smile like a vending machine
Eyes the color of a hospital wall
Knows the way I never raised my hand
Knows my locker, knows my mother's call
Hall monitor,
hall monitor
Arrest this man, he learned to
disappear
Hall
monitor, hall monitor
Take my pulse, my permission slip,
my year
She's got a clipboard heavy as a brick
Pencil chewed down to the metal end
Asks me
twice if I'm feeling okay
I say yes the way I always pretend
Hall
monitor, hall monitor
Take the girl who never made a sound Hall monitor,
hall monitor
Keep my secrets, keep me underground For a second there,
I almost told the truth
For a second there,
I almost told the truth
For a second there,
I almost told the truth And I
swallowed it, swallowed it whole
For a second there,
I almost told the truth
And I swallowed it whole