Education

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

'Cos 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 IQ's

And the professors in their colleges

Trying to feed me knowledge

That I know I'll never use

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 in

I want to stop but my head's in a swim

Education drives 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 all 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

'Cos 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 Universities, 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

Well, education, education, education, education