Movement II - School

[BOYS]

We're here in school today to get a perfect education

Yes, we're going up

We're keen to learn the rules and laws that civilization taught us

Yes, we're growing up

Not for ourselves, B

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

Our teachers say that ignorance will always drag us down

It's like a nagging cough

[SHANTY (thrown away)]

But I can say that looking back

The most important thing I found was sagging off!

Not for the whole world

But for yourself were you born

And you were

[SHANTY and BOYS]

Born in Liverpool

[BOYS]

Not Birmingham

Nor Edinburgh

Not Manchester

Or Sunderland

[SHANTY]

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities

[BOYS]

This school is good for us

[SHANTY]

This school is only good for those

Who want to learn from books

You'll lose your sense of purpose

[BOYS]

But we dare not answer back

We're scared of teacher's looks

Not for ourselves

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

[SHANTY]

Not Coventry

[HEADMASTER]

Or Solihull

[BOYS]

Not Scarborough

[SHANTY]

Nor Inverness

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities

[HEADMASTER]

Walk in single file out of the classroom

Down the stairs and into the playground

[BOYS]

Through the school gates

Cross the road, and over the cemetery fence

Down the hill to where the grave-stones

Lie inviting in the sun

Settle down

Settle down

Let the afternoon slip by

Settle down

Settle down

It's the perfect place for a kip

[Shanty falls asleep on a grave-stone and dreams]

[SHANTY]

Kept in confusion

Trapped by illusion

Thinking of speaking my mind

Dreams of the future

Ghosts of the past left behind

Constantly drifting

Endlessly lifting

More weight than one man can bear

Into the future

Ghosts of the past everywhere

[MEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

You're sleeping amongst us

We're in your dream

Who are you?

Why call us?

What does this mean?

Disturbing our slumber

You move so fast

[SHANTY]

Ghosts of the past

Tossing and turning

Somehow I'm learning

Secrets I'd rather not know

Can't it be simple?

Why does it have to be so?

[MARY DEE (as ghost)]

I ll always be here

I ll never leave you

I ll always be in your mind

Dreams of the future

Ghosts that the past left behind

[WOMEN'S Chorus (Ghosts)]

You're sleeping amongst us

We re in your dream

Who are you?

Why call us?

What does this mean?

[FULL Chorus (ghosts)]

Disturbing our slumber

You move so fast

[SHANTY and MARY DEE (as ghost)]

Ghosts of the past

(later, back in school)

[HEADMASTER]

Boys, this is your teacher

Her name is Miss Inkley

She will reach you Spanish

She was in the war

Fighting with the troops

You may call her Sir!

[BOYS]

SIR?

[MISS INKLEY]

First of all today

You will learn a song

In a foreign tongue

You will follow me

As I say the words

We will now begin

Tres conejos

[BOYS]

Tres conejos

[MISS INKLEY]

En un arbol

[BOYS]

En un arbol

[MISS INKLEY]

Tocando

[BOYS]

Tocando

[MISS INKLEY]

El tambor

[BOYS]

El tambor

[MISS INKLEY]

Que si

[BOYS]

Que si

[MISS INKLEY]

Que no

[BOYS]

Que no

[MISS INKLEY]

Que si, lo he visto yo

[HEADMASTER]

Ahem!

[MISS INKLEY]

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

El tambor

Que si

Que no

Que si, lo he visto yo

[SHANTY and BOYS]

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

El tambor

Que si

Que no

Que si, lo he visto yo

[BOYS]

Tres conejos

[MISS INKLEY]

Three rabbits

[BOYS]

En un arbol

[MISS INKLEY]

In a tree

[BOYS]

Tocando

[MISS INKLEY]

Playing

[BOYS]

El tambor

[MISS INKLEY]

The drum

[BOYS]

Que si

[MISS INKLEY]

Why yes

[BOYS]

Que no

[MISS INKLEY]

Why no

[BOYS]

Que si, lo he visto yo

[MISS INKLEY]

Why yes, I have seen it

[HEADMASTER]

Ahem!

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

[SHANTY and HEADMASTER]

El tambor

[HEADMASTER]

Que si

[SHANTY]

Que si

[MISS INKLEY]

Que

[ALL]

No

Que si, lo he visto yo

[BOYS and Chorus]

Not for ourselves

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

[HEADMASTER]

Not Birmingham

[MISS INKLEY]

Nor Edinburgh

[BOYS]

Not Manchester

[SHANTY]

Or Solihull

[BOYS and Chorus]

Being born where you were born

[BOYS and WOMEN'S Chorus]

Carries with it certain responsi-

[MEN]

Carries with it certain responsi-

[MISS INKLEY and HEADMASTER]

Carries with it certain responsibilities