Lyrical Advice For The Class Of 2011

Chris Gray June 2, 2011 10:35AM

There will be no guitars and Marshall stacks at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion this weekend, just "Pomp and Circumstance." As the Class of 2011 walks across the stage soon to be occupied by Peter Gabriel, Widespread Panic and Kings of Leon, it reminds Rocks Off that we graduated on the same floor the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Stevie Wonder once played. (Hofheinz Pavilion, yo... CBHS Class of '93.)

Whether or not they are headed to college in the fall, many of this year's grads are no doubt wondering what to do next. Luckily, there are thousands and thousands of pop songs out there to help them, so as our graduation present, Rocks Off cherry-picked 25 of our favorite lyrical pearls of wisdom for the uncertain times to come.

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