Lyrics to
School Teacher

This version of School Teacher was released by Bob Seger in 1974.

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I seen you walkin’ every day on your way, school
I seen you talkin’ to the children
I seen you talkin’ to, ooh yeah
School teacher, yeah

In the boiler beneath the building
And I’m so lonely, I’m lonely, yeah
Go to your parties, goin’ to your meeting
You look so busy, are you busy? Yeah

Na na na na na, school teacher
The day goes on so fast, fast, fast
School teacher, yeah
Where ya gonna go last?

Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah

I’d like to know ya, but I’m a nothin’
And you know somethin’, I’d like to know ya, yeah
I’d like to hold ya, I’d like to love ya,
I’d like to know ya, I’d like to know ya, yeah

Oh yeah, oh yeah na, na, na,
School teacher please don’t walk on past, past
School teacher, yeah
Where ya gonna go last?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah

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About Lyrics and School Teacher by Bob Seger

The lyrics for School Teacher are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Bob Seger. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to School Teacher have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for School Teacher - Bob Seger and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to School Teacher by Bob Seger in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to School Teacher" means the words set to the music of School Teacher, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to School Teacher and the lyrics to School Teacher are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to School Teacher, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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