Education Lyrics - Kinks

In a deep dark jungle long time ago 

Lived a lonesome caveman 

He was a solitary soul 

And he spent his playtime 

Chewing meat from bones. 

He didn't know how to talk much 

He only knew how to groan 

Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky 

Let out a yell and no one replied. 

Frustration and torment tore him inside 

Then he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried. 

But then education saved the day. 

He learned to speak and communicate 

Education saved the day. 

He thanked God for the friends he made. 

'Cos everybody needs an education 

Everybody needs an education. 

Black skin, red skin, yellow or white, 

Everybody needs to read and write 

Everybody needs an education. 

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Thank the day when that primitive man 

Learned to talk with his brothers 

And live off the land. 

He left his cave and he moved far away 

And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made 

He learned to think and to work with his brain 

And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained 

He wrote it down on a rock that he found 

And he showed all his friends and they passed it around 

And then education came that day. 

The day it came was a sacred day. 

Education came that day 

He thanked God for the friends he'd made. 

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Well man built a boat and he learned how to sail 

And he travelled far and wide 

Then he looked up above saw the stars in the sky 

So he learned how to fly. 

Thanks to all the mathematicians 

And the inventors with their high I.Q.s 

And the professors in their colleges 

Trying to feed me knowledge 

That I know I'll never use. 

Thank you sir for the millions of words 

That you've handed me down and you've told me to learn 

But I've got words in my ears and my eyes 

I've got so many facts that I must memorize 

Because education's doing me in 

I want to stop but my head's in a swim 

Education drives me insane 

I can't recall all the facts on my brain. 

Education came that day 

The day it came was a sacred day 

Education saved the day 

He thanked God for all the friends he made. 

Teacher, teach me how to read and write, 

You can teach me about biology, 

But you can't tell me what I am living for 

'Cos that's still a mystery. 

Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics 

And teach me about the structure of man, 

But all your endless calculations 

Can't tell me why I am. 

No you can't tell me why I am, 

No you can't tell me why I am. 

Everybody needs education, 

Open Universities, education. 

Every race every creed, education. 

And every little half-breed, education. 

Every nationality, education. 

All the little people need education. 

Eskimos and pygmies need 

And even aborigines, education. 

Well physics and geography, education. 

Philosophy and history, education. 

Science and biology, education, 

Geometry and poetry, education. 

Well, education, education, education, education 

(Repeat 'education' till end)