Released: October 21, 2008

Songwriter: Robbie Nevil Matthew Gerrard

Producer: Matthew Gerrard

[TROY, spoken]
Here we go! (Woo!)

[RYAN, spoken]
C'mon!

[GABRIELLA, spoken]
Alright

[CHAD, spoken]
Little louder, now

[GABRIELLA, spoken]
Hey!
(Woo!)

[TROY]
Lookin' forward from center stage to graduation day
Time to get the future started

[GABRIELLA, with TROY]
What we leave, what we take with us, no matter what
It's something we're part of
We learned to fly

[TROY AND GABRIELLA]
Together, side by side (Side by side)
I just hope the rest of my life

[GABRIELLA]
Will feel as good as my...

[COMPANY]
High school musical
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future
But hold on to high school musical
Let's celebrate where we come from
The friends who've been there all along, just like
A high school, high school musical

[RYAN]
Improvisation without a script
No one's written it
And now we have the chance to

[SHARPAY, with RYAN]
But someday, we'll be lookin' back, memories we'll have
All the songs that we lived through
The best of times

[SHARPAY AND RYAN]
So why leave them behind? (Behind)
Why can't the rest of my life

[SHARPAY]
Be like my...

[COMPANY, GABRIELLA, TROY]
High school musical (Yeah)
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known (Yeah)
Step into the future
But hold on to high school musical (Woo!)
Let's celebrate where we come from (Hey)
The friends who've been there all along
That's right (That's right)

[CHAD AND TAYLOR]
Now we finally realize

[TAYLOR]
Who we are, it just took some time

[CHAD AND TAYLOR]
We had to live and to learn to see the truth
(Learn to see the truth)
That nothing's ever impossible
Into the future, we all free-fall (Free-fall)

[COMPANY]
But forever, we'll always have high school
High...

[TROY]
Time to party, now, celebrate

[COMPANY]
School...

[SHARPAY]
'Cause the world's one big stage

[COMPANY]
Musical

[RYAN]
And any part you want can be yours

[TAYLOR]
Everybody sing, yeah

[COMPANY]
High...

[CHAD]
Yeah, the show is never gonna close

[COMPANY]
School...

[GABRIELLA]
It's what got us here, we know

[COMPANY]
Musical
High school lives on forevermore
High school, high school musical

[COMPANY, GABRIELLA, TROY]
High school musical (Yeah, woo!)
Who says we have to let it go?
It's the best part we've ever known
Step into the future (Hey)
But hold on to high school musical (Musical)
Let's celebrate where we come from (Celebrate)
The friends who've been there all along, oh, yeah

[GABRIELLA]
I wish my life could be like a...

[COMPANY]
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
But hold on to high school musical (Musical)
Let's celebrate where we come from (Yeah, yeah)

[ALL GIRLS]
All together makes it better

[ALL BOYS]
Memories that last forever

[COMPANY]
I want the rest of my life to feel just like a
High school musical