T-T-teacher stop that screamin’
Teacher don’t you see?
Don’t wanna be no uptown fool
Maybe I should go to hell
But I am doing well
Teacher needs to see me after school
I think of all the education that I’ve missed
But then my homework was never quite like this!
I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I sit and wonder about the things she does
I sit and wonder, I often wonder,
I’ve been waiting for this moment to come
And shes the teacher and I’m the pupil but I aint learning anything at all,
Now im falling into the black hole and I can barely feel the sun
Yeah I sit and wonder, I fall to pieces
I’ve been waiting for her to come
A bed of roses, her cheeks like peaches,
Yeah I ain’t going to wait no more,
Give me some light, give the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light
Everybody’s putting on a braver face
Everyone’s running in the same race
Everybody’s working for those days of light
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
You can’t win, you can’t win no way
If your story stays the same, no, no
(You ain’t winnin’)
(But it’s nice to see you)
(I’m awfully glad you came)
(Better cool it ‘cause it ain’t about losing’)
Then the world has got no shame
You can’t win, Child
You can’t break even
You can’t get out of the game
What holds your hope together
Make sure it’s strong enough
When you reach the end of your tether
It’s because it wasn’t strong enough
When you’re on the bottom
Crawl back to the top
Something pulls you up
And a voice says you can’t stop
It won’t let you stop
I was going to drown
Then I started swimming
I was going down
Then I started winning
Winning, winning
Looking back on all the times
We felt downcast
Didn’t think we were going anywhere
Just living in the past
But in the desperation
You get inspiration
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
This is all happening so fast
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
Let’s enjoy it all while it lasts
We are the champions - my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World
Ain’t no stoppin’ us now (Yeah)
We’ve got the groove
Don’t wanna stop, please don’t make me stop
(Whoo-oo, Come around with me)
Ain’t no stoppin’ us now
We’re on the move
Now I think I’m going down to the well tonight
I’m gonna drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of,
Well time slips away, and leaves you with nothing mister
But boring stories of
Glory days
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do
Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
Hey, ain’t it good to know,
You’ve got a friend.
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you’re miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you’ve got a friend in me
I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Lord, I’m one,
Lord, I’m two,
Lord, I’m three,
Lord, I’m four,
Lord, I’m five hundred miles away from home.
I been down one time
I been down two times
I’m never going back again
and did he ever return?
No, he never returned!
And his fate is still unlearned…
[Pardon the length, this is therapy for me]
Excuse me, you know
I hate to complain
But I never argue
I shouldn’t have to explain
There’s a million restless reasons in here
I can’t repeat again
Lizards eating flies in the oriental sun
Swaying towers, lean attention
And I’m jumping from your hands
Out where the currents run
I’ve seen what you think is unseeable
Disagreed with what you think’s disagreeable
I think and I blink of my own accord
Now is that so unreasonable
Your vested interest seems so small
And your blessed contest makes me fall
Sorry to waste your time
Maybe I was never here at all
He’s a real nowhere man…
[Length is not a problem, John, there’s only some concern for how much can be quoted without violating copyright.]
I been down this road just searching’ for the end
It don’t go nowhere, it just brings you back again
Leaves you lonely and cold
Standin’ on the shoulder
But you’ve come too far to go back home
So you’re walkin’ on a nowhere road