The Student Becomes The Teacher - The Lemon Twigs

Shane does say

On a tired summer day

«Mom and Dad, I’d like to make a change

Or I’ll slip away»

Vaudeville School Days

On the TV set does play

Something clicks inside his little brain

The answer’s plain

The student becomes the teacher

(Wanna go to school)

And the teacher becomes the principal

(Let me go to school)

And the principal dies

And everybody cries

(Wanna go, let me go)

They remember him alive, you see

(Wanna go to school)

I want that for me

Dad does say

«Well, hey kid, there’s just no way

Don’t you ever turn on channel five

Hey, man, we want you alive

«Life's not fair

These kids, they just don’t care

I’ll never let you step foot in that place!

(Don't slip away)»

And the student becomes the teacher

(Wanna go to school)

And the teacher becomes the principal

(Let me go to school)

And the principal dies

And everybody cries

(Wanna go, let me go)

They remember him alive, you see

(Wanna go to school)

I want that for me

Oh, please believe me

I’m asking you to try

Life escapes me night and day

Well, I just can’t stay

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