Look what you get for following leaders,
who lead from the rear — where are they now?
What did we learn in history lessons?
How to sit quiet at the back of a class.
With so many things open to question,
it’s too late to cry — there’s no one to ask.
Life’s an education — a multiple equation,
everybody finds their own solution in the end.
«To be or not to be» is a very lengthy question,
has somebody please got a sharpened pencil they can lend?
What did we learn in history lessons?
How to sit quiet at the back of a class.
With so many things open to question,
it’s too late to cry — there’s no one to ask.
Marching in time down a production line,
what did they teach you about life in a dole-queue?
The Law of Relativity — (life’s relative misery)
the Law of Probability — (it’s probably contrived)
Newton’s Law of Gravity — (we face a grave reality)
The law that runs the jungle — (only the strong survive).
Look what you get for following leaders,
who lead form the rear — where are they now?
The path of least resistance — a bland text book existence,
don’t expect to find the answers printed at the back.
the only sound advice that’s carried me through life —
when the cards are stacked against you — play the joker in the pack.
What did we learn in history lessons?
How to sit quiet at the back of a class.
With so many things open to question,
it’s too late to cry — there’s no one to ask.
Marching in time down a production line,
what did they teach you about life in a dole-queue?
