Schoolhouse Blues
Testify, testify
In my younger days I didn't dare defy
Laying stones, working alone
Thinking that our dreams were only those we chose oh
Counting days, such a waste
The freedom that was preached to us we had no taste
Taking toll, chewing souls
Reached the age of seventeen I felt so old
Well it was never up to you
You always had to go to school yeah yeah
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh
Testify, test my mind
The purpose of the subject matter mystifies
Sucking the vine, trying to shine
Never question why when told to get in line
Well it was never up to you
You always had to go to school
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh
In my younger days I didn't dare defy
Laying stones, working alone
Thinking that our dreams were only those we chose oh
Counting days, such a waste
The freedom that was preached to us we had no taste
Taking toll, chewing souls
Reached the age of seventeen I felt so old
Well it was never up to you
You always had to go to school yeah yeah
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh
Testify, test my mind
The purpose of the subject matter mystifies
Sucking the vine, trying to shine
Never question why when told to get in line
Well it was never up to you
You always had to go to school
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh shada-da-da
Oh
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Writer(s): Ethan Timm
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