Look what you get for following leaders,

who lead from the rear - where are they now?



What did we learn in history lessons?

How to sit quiet at the back of a class.

With so many things open to question,

it's too late to cry - there's no one to ask.



Life's an education - a multiple equation,

everybody finds their own solution in the end.

"To be or not to be" is a very lengthy question,

has somebody please got a sharpened pencil they can lend?



What did we learn in history lessons?

How to sit quiet at the back of a class.

With so many things open to question,

it's too late to cry - there's no one to ask.



Marching in time down a production line,

what did they teach you about life in a dole-queue?



The Law of Relativity - (life's relative misery)

the Law of Probability - (it's probably contrived)

Newton's Law of Gravity - (we face a grave reality)

The law that runs the jungle - (only the strong survive).



Look what you get for following leaders,

who lead form the rear - where are they now?



The path of least resistance - a bland text book existence,

don't expect to find the answers printed at the back.

the only sound advice that's carried me through life -

when the cards are stacked against you - play the joker in the pack.



What did we learn in history lessons?

How to sit quiet at the back of a class.

With so many things open to question,

it's too late to cry - there's no one to ask.



Marching in time down a production line,

what did they teach you about life in a dole-queue