I climb up, spending daylight

slide down drunken on the other side

Some sweet girl, playing my wife,

runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride



Playground (it's a playground)

Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the

Playground (it's a playground)

Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world



Bells will ring, door flings open

Hare and greyhound in the old kiss chase

You've been caught, game has ended

Smack on kisser from her slap on face



Playground (it's a playground)

We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the

Playground (it's a playground)

Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world



Watch the leaves all tear away (one by one)

Leaving you but lined like an exercise book

What did your report once say (know the one)

This boy must try harder to please

From down on his knees



Playground, playground, playground, playground, playground,

playground, playground, playground



Brain gets bent, heart gets broken

You can't jump off once the page is turned

School is out but never over

That's the only lesson you can learn



Playground (it's a playground)

We're marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the

Playground (it's a playground)

Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square



Playground (it's a playground)

Go for the high jump if you let 'em push you in the

Playground (it's a playground)

There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world



You may leave school, but it never leaves you