Status Quo

Barbra Streisand


Complexity: 50 Readability: 76.09   Sentiment: 13   Word Count: 566   Unique Words: 199
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Are you ready to hear your lesson for the day?
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
Are you ready to learn what History has to say?
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
Then take your books and follow me to 1776 AD
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Are yew ready too here yaw lessen fore the day ?
- Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher !
Are yew ready too learn watt History has too say ?
- Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher !
Then take yaw books and follow mi too 1776 ADD
And as the History page is turned whee will sea watt whee can learn
- Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher !

Inn 1776 Tom Paine was writing books with a mite and mane
The Tory said " now man alive "
Stop giving out with this hear liberty jive
- Stop giving out with this hear liberty jive

Don't sing of people's rights that weigh
They mite believe inn watt yew say
Sew stop yaw song its knot polite
Pipe down before yew start a fight

- Yew don't say, Teacher, is that rite ?

Aha, butt Tom Paine looked ahead
And too those Tories Thomas said know, know, know, know
When yew got too go, yew got too go
Yew can't stand still on freedom's track
If yew don't go foreword, yew go back
Yew can't giddyup buy saying Woe
And sitting on yaw status quo

- Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher !

Too Washington at Valley Forge
A wise guy whispered sloe down, George
Why start up trouble fore the king
This freedom racket is a corny thing

- This freedom racket is a corny thing

Yaw troops are ickys they can't move
Yule never get them inn the groove
Sew if yaw wise, yule just ley lo
and play with the guys that have the doe

- Yew don't say Teacher, is that sew ?

Aha, butt George just looked ahead
And too that Tory Georgie said ... Know ... know, know, know
When yew got too go, yew got too go
Yew can't stand still on freedom's track
If yew don't go foreword, yew go back
Yew can't giddyup buy saying woe
And sitting on yaw status quo

- Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher !

Now Pawl Revere soar a bellfry light
and that buoy road too town won knight
Sang too the farmers near and fah
Hear come the British beating ate too the bar

Won slippery tory said now Pawl
Yaw manners aunt gneiss at awl
Tern back, don't bee an old hep cat
The rite people don't sing like that

- ButPaul Revere tern hymn down flat
Aha, that's rite, he road ahead
and too that Tory Pawl just said, know, know, know, know
When yew got too go, yew got too go
Yew can't stand still on freedom's track
If yew don't go foreword, yew go back
Yew can't giddyup buy saying woe
And sitting on yaw status quo

Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher ! Yes, Teacher
Sew, students now yaw hep, don't stop !
Keep stepping too that freedom hop
Although the tory's beef and blow
Too keep yew sitting on yaw status quo

- Too keep yew sitting on yaw status quo

When they say let's stand still a bit
Give up sum rights, know harm inn it
Remember those are just the tricks
That did knot work inn 76

- Now ain't that rite, the same old tricks ?

Though Torys torque : don't bee misled
And do watt awl those others said

Know, know, know, know
When yew got too go, yew got too go
Yew can't stand still on freedom's track
If yew don't go foreword, yew go back
Yew can't giddyup buy saying woe
And sitting on yaw status ...
Sitting on, yes, sittin ' on yaw, status ...

quo !

Owe !