Teacher, Teacher! (Live)

Good evening, kids, take your seats, open up your Bibles

I'm gonna chastise a rival, so keep your eyes wide open

The young soul lost control, made her first foul

This is my duty to set the bounds

She grabbed my hand, took me in

Placed me in front of a class

She gave a hint I was the clou of her mass

I'm in the middle of her Holy of Holies

I have no worries

I saw dusty icons on the walls

I saw needles and stones

So she put a paper bag on my head

She pointed finger at me, and then she said

"Dear Lord, forgive me as I'm slapping, slapping

Slapping this sinful child

By Your hand I'm led, so I will show, show

What is wrong and what is right

Choose you label 'cause I am mercy, mercy, merciful

Put your knuckles on the table, meet my friend Ferule

Who'll punish you"

When their prejudice let us down

We stand firmly on our ground

Don't let their school make a fool of you

Because the teachers may be fools too

When their prejudice let us down

We stand firmly on our ground

Don't let their school make a fool of you

Because the teachers may be fools too

Laws chalked on a blackboard

Can't be erased until it gets boring

The lady spoke and then she choked

On the convictions, oh, so alluring

She made a pause in her verbal overdose

My paper bag slipped down on the floor

I took a look around, there was no sanctuary

Desks empty, the school was all imaginary

Teacher, teacher, self-proclaimed preacher

Under the flag of welfare, your lectures start to blare

We need no soap shoved down in our throats

So keep your monologues unrated and remote

I am a bad example of order

This life is not a prison and you are not a warden

Please, teacher, teacher, leave us alone

As we accept life lessons from no one

When their prejudice let us down

We stand firmly on our ground

Don't let their school make a fool of you

Because the teachers may be fools too

When their prejudice let us down

We stand firmly on our ground

Don't let their school make a fool of you

Your idols scream to me, throwing shame on my face

As I turn away from infamy and disgrace

I smile to you 'cause I want you to see

How I break the rules in front of your Trinity

Your idols scream to me, throwing shame on my face

As I turn away from infamy and disgrace

Oh, I, I smile to you, I smile to you, I smile to you