Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Algebra Song! , by - John Mulaney. Song from the album John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch, in the genre Release date: 23.12.2019
Record label: Drag City
Song language: English
Algebra Song! |
| I’ll sing a song about karmic wrath |
| How I lost my eye because I didn’t know math! |
| I was born in Nola but then we had to flee |
| Police were searching everywhere for a fella named Daddy |
| I’m the child of a con man and a saintly mama |
| We fled for Chicago with nothin' but pajamas |
| If you don’t see how algebra will save your eye |
| I’ll tell you why, I’ll tell you why |
| If you don’t see how algebra will save your eye |
| Just keep listenin' and I’ll tell you why |
| By age 13, I was weary of school |
| Thought doing your homework was the work of a fool |
| Drop out in a flash and, abracadabra |
| No more reading, no more algebra |
| There’s a high on the world and he wanted to join |
| Throw the passion, fashion, cash an' coin |
| If you have pocket change, shake shake shake |
| I have coins up on the dresser |
| My principal was a hundred and four |
| Folks said she was a witch, hair down to the floor (Wa doo) |
| She cackled through a cigarette and said to me |
| «Not knowing algebra will change the way that you see!» |
| I got the change! |
| Too late! |
| You’re starting to see how algebra will save your eye |
| It’s clear as the sky, no need to clarify (No no no) |
| But if you still don’t see how algebra will save your eye |
| Just keep listenin' and I’ll tell you why (Whoa, whoa) |
| Hey there, tutor |
| Yes, that’s me |
| What’s it like with only one eye to see? |
| With only one eye, I can never look twice |
| But when you buy a pair of shades, they’re always half-price! |
| I was out in the world, my school day’s over (Were over) |
| Working for a wealthy woman as her chauffeur (A chauffer) |
| Her husband always traveled and she craved relations |
| She didn’t care that I didn’t know equations |
| 'Till the day the husband came lookin' for his wife (Wa ooh) |
| With a jealous heart and an eye-poking knife (Wa ooh) |
| Madam thought fast, she said, «Pretend you were |
| Over in the house as a math tutor.» |
| The husband comes in, said, «I hear you know math.» |
| I’m as naked as a baby in a bath |
| He wrote a problem and I got scared |
| If B is three, what is AX squared |
| I took my pencil from the man and did my best (Wa ooh) |
| I drew a stick figure of a lady with breasts (Wa ooh) |
| He was not amused, threw me 'gainst the wall |
| And pointed his knife at my eyeball! |
| But then the phone rang that was next to the bed |
| The husband picked it up and found that Princess Di was dead |
| And in the commotion |
| Oh, the emotion |
| I escaped with both eyes intact |
| A ta, a ta, a twelve five nine |
| So now you see that algebra will save your eye |
| My story makes sense, on that you can rely. |
| (No no no) |
| You’re not confused how algebra relates to my eye |
| I solved for X (Solve for X) and now you better solve for Y |
| Ba ba ba bada ba |
| Ba ba bada ba |
| Algebra song |
| Vamp, vamp, vamp, vamp |
| Vamp! |