Song
Country Music Teacher’s Song
- Avalon and Brookewood Faculty –
BOSTICK: I remember the olden days
When the law was the law
When everyone would respond
To a little shock and awe
Nowadays things have changed
A teacher ain’t got a prayer
It’s kind of perverse how the roles reversed
Now we’re in the electric chair
DAVERN: I wanna be like Johnny Wayne
Just like those days of old
Ride through town in high renown
And then sleep out in the cold
MTEACHER2: When you’re “The Duke”, the boys will spook
Like cattle on the drive
But if a pilgrim rejects a single sign of respect
Then he’ll respect my Colt 45
ALL: I miss those olden days
Those tried and true country-western ways
‘Cause nobody messes with Jesse James
An’ if you do, you’re mighty brave
Things in this life can get pretty gray
Your truck may die down and your dog may stray
Just give me one kid who hears what I say
And I’ll be happy to my grave
FTEACHER1: I wanna be like Annie Oakley
My voice would light a spark
E’en a little shout at some tiny sprout
Would never miss its mark
FTEACHER2: They’d think I’s sweet just because I’s petite
But they’d learn right quick what’s true
ALL: I miss those olden days
Those tried and true country-western ways
‘Cause nobody messes with Calamity Jane
NTEACHER: An’ if you do, you’re mighty brave
ALL: Things in this life ain’t always so bright
NTEACHER: The fish in yonder pond don’t always bite
ALL: Just give me one kid who don’t try to fight
And I’ll be happy to my grave
BRIDGE
FTEACHER3: If we tried a single old way
Those kids wouldn’t give us no sass
MTEACHER3: In this age, they’d lock me in a cage
And slap a lawsuit on my… head
DANCE BREAK
MTEACHER4: I wanna be like Johnny Cash
Wearin’ black and lookin’ stern
Make ‘em dig a hole for their parole
If their hearts beat out of turn
FTEACHER4: They’d eat nothin’ but gruel, it’d make ‘em cruel
But it’d make ‘em pay their dues
Though they weren’t guilty of one felony
They’d have the Folsom Prison Blues
ALL: I miss those days I knew
That tried and true country-western view
‘Cause nobody messes with a boy named Sue
NTEACHER: An’ if you do, you’re mighty brave
ALL: Things in this life can go awry
NTEACHER: Your whiskey still is still running dry
ALL: Just give me one student who hears me sigh
And I’ll be happy to my grave
