| Shane does say
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| On a tired summer day
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| «Mom and Dad, I’d like to make a change
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| Or I’ll slip away»
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| Vaudeville School Days
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| On the TV set does play
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| Something clicks inside his little brain
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| The answer’s plain
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| The student becomes the teacher
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| (Wanna go to school)
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| And the teacher becomes the principal
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| (Let me go to school)
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| And the principal dies
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| And everybody cries
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| (Wanna go, let me go)
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| They remember him alive, you see
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| (Wanna go to school)
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| I want that for me
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| Dad does say
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| «Well, hey kid, there’s just no way
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| Don’t you ever turn on channel five
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| Hey, man, we want you alive
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| «Life's not fair
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| These kids, they just don’t care
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| I’ll never let you step foot in that place!
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| (Don't slip away)»
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| And the student becomes the teacher
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| (Wanna go to school)
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| And the teacher becomes the principal
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| (Let me go to school)
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| And the principal dies
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| And everybody cries
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| (Wanna go, let me go)
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| They remember him alive, you see
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| (Wanna go to school)
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| I want that for me
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| Oh, please believe me
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| I’m asking you to try
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| Life escapes me night and day
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| Well, I just can’t stay
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| Ah-ah-ah
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| Ah-ah-ah
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| Ah-ah-ah-ah |