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Today's Lesson Lyrics — AFI | Dork

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Today's Lesson Lyrics

Lyrics

Today's Lesson

From Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes1997

Written by Dave E.C., Jake Sayles, Jim Gray [Filth], Lenny Johnson, Mike-O The Psycho

Produced by AFI

Lyrics

Today's Lesson

Here is your lesson for today Better listen up real fucking good My cloud always has a silver lining I love everything that I see My world is wonderful and no one Could ever, ever hurt me My cloud always has a silver lining I love everything that I see My world is wonderful and no one Could ever, ever hurt me You hate yourself, you do You hate yourself, you do You hate yourself, you do That's why right now I hate you So right now I hate you My cloud always has a silver lining I love everything that I see My world is wonderful and no one Could ever, ever hurt me You hate yourself, you do You hate yourself, you do You hate yourself, you do That's why right now I hate you So right now I hate you Have you learned your life's lesson yet? No, well let me tell you something I am your teacher, you have a lot to learn from me You must love yourself You are my teacher, you teach me about my life Theres a lot I can learn from you You hate yourself, you do That's why I love you So fuck you

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About this track

"Today's Lesson" is a song by AFI from the album Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, released in 1997. The song was written by Dave E.C., Jake Sayles, Jim Gray [Filth], Lenny Johnson, Mike-O The Psycho. It was produced by AFI.

AFI profile →Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes album →Track profile →

Track 12 of 14Nitro Records (Concord)

Contributors

AFI— 120 credits as songwriter & producer →
Dave E.C.— 3 credits as songwriter →
Jake Sayles— 1 credits as songwriter →
Jim Gray [Filth]— 1 credits as songwriter →
Lenny Johnson— 1 credits as songwriter →
Mike-O The Psycho— 1 credits as songwriter →

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