The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils

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MORRISSEY song
Name The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
Album/single Southpaw Grammar
Length 11:15
Writer/composer Morrissey / Boz Boorer
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Release August 1995
Recorded Spring 1995

Information

The song features a sample from the 1952 film "Eight O'Clock Walk":

"I'm very glad the spring has come/The sun shines out so bright/All the birds that are on the trees/Are singing for delight."

The song also uses a loop created by Boz Boorer that uses Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D Minor.

Lyrics

There's too many people planning your downfall
When your spirit's on trial these nights can be frightening
Sleep transports sadness to some other mid-brain
And somebody here will not be here next year

So you stand by the board full of fear and intention
And if you think that they're listening
Well, you've got to be joking
Oh you understand change and you think it's essential
But when your profession is humiliation...

Say the wrong word to our children
We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
Lay a hand on our children
And it's never too late to have you

Mucus on your collar
A nail up through the staff chair
A blade in your soap
And you cry into your pillow

To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief

Say the wrong word to our children
We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
Lay a hand on our children
And it's never too late to have you

To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief


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