"High School Musical" is the closing song from High School Musical 3: Senior Year and the twelfth song on its soundtrack. It is performed by the ensemble cast of the trilogy.
Summary[]
The song is performed in the movie by the seniors in East High as a celebratation to their graduation. It's a song about friendship, love and dreams. The performance ends with the main cast standing in front of red curtains, resembling the first movie of the franchise.
Lyrics[]
Troy: Here we go
Ryan: Come on
Sharpay: Alright
Chad: Little louder now
Gabriella: Hey!
Troy:
Lookin' forward from center stage to Graduation Day
Time to get the future started!
Gabriella:
What we leave
Gabriella & Troy:
(What we take with us) no matter what
Gabriella:
It's somethin' we're part of
We learned to fly
Gabriella & Troy:
Together side by side
I just hope the rest of my life
Gabriella:
Would feel as good as my
East High Seniors:
High School Musical
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future, we'll hold on to
High School Musical
Let's celebrate where we come from
With friends who've been there all along
Just like our high school, high school musical
Ryan:
Improvisation without a script, no one's written it
And now we have the chance to
Sharpay:
Someday we'll be
Ryan & Sharpay:
(Lookin' back) memories we'll had
Sharpay:
All the songs that
Ryan & Sharpay:
(We lived through)
Sharpay:
The best of times
Ryan & Sharpay:
So why leave them behind?
Why can't the rest of my life
Sharpay:
Be like my
East High Seniors:
High School Musical (Sharpay: yeah)
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future, we'll hold on to
High School Musical (Ryan: woo)
Let's celebrate where we come from (Sharpay: hey)
With friends who've been there all along
Sharpay: That's right
Chad & Taylor:
Now we finally realize
Taylor:
Who we are, it just took some time
Chad & Taylor:
We have to live and to learn to see the truth
Chad:
Learn to see the truth
Chad & Taylor:
Nothing's ever impossible, into the future we all free fall
But forever we'll always have high school
Troy: Time to party now, celebrate (East High Seniors: High)
Sharpay: 'Cause the world's one big stage (East High Seniors: School)
Ryan: And any part you want, it can be yours (East High Seniors: Musical)
Taylor: Everybody sing, yeah!
Chad: And the show's never gonna close (East High Seniors: High)
Gabriella: It's what it got us here, we know (East High Seniors: School)
East High Seniors:
High School lives on forever more (East High Seniors: Musical)
High School, high school musical
High School Musical
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future (Gabriella: hey) we'll hold on to
High School Musical (Gabriella: musical)
Let's celebrate where we come from (Troy: celebrate)
With friends who've been there all along
Oh yeah (Gabriella: I wish my life could feel like a)
High School Musical (musical)
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future, we'll hold on to
High School Musical
Let's celebrate where we come from
Girls:
All together makes it better
Boys:
Memories that'll last forever
East High Seniors:
I want the rest of my life to feel just like a
High School Musical
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