Education Lyrics

In a deep dark jungle long time ago Lived a lonesome caveman, he was a solitary soul And he spent his playtime chewing meat from bones He didn't know how to talk much, he only knew how to groan
Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky Let out a yell and no one replied Frustration and torment tore him inside Then he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried
But then education saved the day He learned to speak and communicate Education saved the day He thanked God for the friends he made
'Cause everybody needs an education Everybody needs an education Black skin, red skin, yellow or white Everybody needs to read and write Everybody needs an education
Thank the day when that primitive man Learned to talk with his brothers and live off the land He left his cave and he moved far away And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made
He learned to think and to work with his brain And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained He wrote it down on a rock that he found And he showed all his friends and they passed it around
And then education came that day The day it came was a sacred day Education came that day He thanked God for the friends he'd made
Well, man built a boat and he learned how to sail And he traveled far and wide Then he looked up above, saw the stars in the sky So he learned how to fly
Thanks to all the mathematicians And the inventors with their high I.Q.'s And the professors in their colleges Trying to feed me knowledge that I know I'll never use
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/education-lyrics-kinks.html ] Thank you sir for the millions of words That you've handed me down and you've told me to learn But I've got words in my ears and my eyes I've got so many facts that I must memorize
Because education's doing me I want to stop but my head's in a swim Education drive me insane I can't recall all the facts on my brain
Education came that day The day it came was a sacred day Education saved the day He thanked God for the friends he made
Teacher, teach me how to read and write You can teach me about biology But you can't tell me what I am living for 'Cause that's still a mystery
Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics And teach me about the structure of man But all your endless calculations Can't tell me why I am
No, you can't tell me why I am No, you can't tell me why I am
Everybody needs education Open University, education Every race, every creed, education And every little half-breed
Every nationality, education All the little people need education Eskimos and pygmies need And even aborigines, education
Well, physics and geography, education Philosophy and history, education Science and biology, education Geometry and poetry, education
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