Teachers Lyrics

I am a teacher

And I work from six to six

And for those twelve hours

I'll be paid for eight

That's only one of many things about my job I wish they'd fix

But let's be clear

The problem ain't the kids

They're mostly great

I've got a principal who's clueless

And the parent who's insane

And a constant state of low-grade paranoia in my brain

It's never clear

What the rules are day to day

Do what's right

Or do what's wrong

They're gonna crucify you either way

Nobody told me that it would be

So very hard to raise a family on the money that I'd make

Nobody told me

That though I'd try to do my very best

There was always someone waiting to make me pay for each mistake

Nobody told me about the cost

And just how much of my spirit would be lost

I am a teacher.

What I teach I just don't know

Which version of the truth

Will cause this powder keg to blow?

To Kill a Mockingbird's a sin

And the Bible is insane

These days science is a bunch of lies

And morality's a pain

It's never clear

What the rules are day to day

Do what's right

Or do what's wrong

They're gonna crucify you either way

Nobody told me that it would be

So very hard to raise a family on the money that I'd make

Nobody told me

That though I'd try to do my very best

There was always someone waiting to make me pay for each mistake

Nobody told me about the cost

And just how much of my spirit would be lost

It's never clear

What the rules are day to day

Do what's right

Or do what's wrong

They're gonna crucify you either way

I am a teacher.

I do it for the kids

And I do it, most days, out of love

I am a teacher

I guess that it's a noble calling

But I'm finding out

That that's just not enough