The Janitor Knows
© 2005 P Rogers

There’s a scrimmage in the gym tonight
And it’s running overtime
He’s just about to kill the lights
It was supposed to end by nine
Those bleachers got to go in stacks
And the floor needs a coat of wax.

Who’s missing all their free throws? The Janitor knows

Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows

They’re playing in a fantasy world
They don’t see the clock is ticking
There’s a buzzer that’s about to sound
And they’ll be outside screaming and kicking
Then they’re gonna have to sink or swim
But it really doesn’t matter to him

Who’s soaping all the windows ?……..the Janitor knows

Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
The Janitor knows Who’s smoking in the john
The Janitor knows Who’s driving on the lawn
The Janitor Knows……..
Once he had a name,
he was the hero of every game
But that boy lives down the hall
In a trophy case on the wall
Now he’s standing in a sea of teens
Rushing by him in their baggy jeans
They rule the world but they don’t know it
They got it all, but they’re gonna blow it
I guess that’s how it always goes……The Janitor knows

Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows



Breakdown-last verse

Way in the back of the school
In the boiler room behind the pool
There’s a desk where he plans his day
And maybe his get away
This place has a ghost or two
You’re gonna meet ‘em before you’re through
So remember when as you pass ‘em by
That it started with a little white lie

Funny how it grows and grows…The Janitor knows

Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
Standing in the shadows…the Janitor knows
The Janitor knows Who’s writing on the walls
The Janitor knows Who’s running down the halls
The Janitor knows Who’s necking in the nooks
The Janitor knows Who needs to hit the books
The Janitor knows Who didn’t eat their veggies
The Janitor knows Who’s giving all the wedgies
The Janitor knows Who’s underneath the bleachers
The Janitor knows Who’s messin’ with the teachers
The Janitor knows Who’s gonna try to fake it
The Janitor knows Who isn’t gonna make it

The Janitor knows……….