TEACHER, TEACHER 

Ralph McTell

And my dad says, "At school you were protected
At college you neglected to open up your eyes and look around you,
And you don't know nothing at all."

Teacher, teacher, when will it reach ya
The writing on the outside wall
If you gained all your knowledge
From books you read in college
Then you don't know nothing
Nothing at all.

And my dad says "That nothing could be finer
Than to be taught by a miner  
Blinking in the light of the bright classroom
And you don't know nothing at all."

Chorus

La, la, la, etc.

Chorus

And my dad says "That you couldn't name the classes
Who breathed upon your glasses.
And made you miss the writing on the outside wall
And you don't know nothing at all."

Chorus

Teacher, teacher, when will it reach ya
Who you are just teaching us for
If you gained all your knowledge
From books you read in college
Than you don't know nothing, nothing at all.

Teacher, teacher
Teacher, teacher,
Teacher, teacher, etc.