Did they teach you anything my friend about the life you lead?
Did they ever really show us what we needed to succeed?
Did they also teach you Algebra, and logarithms too?
To keep with the curriculum, but never what to do
When you need to love somebody
and how to treat em with respect
how to love your fellow humans
Its not about being the best
Did they teach you all the answers to the questions on the page?
When a photographic memory is no substitute for age
Did they teach you all the sciences, why the apple hit the floor?
To keep with the curriculum, but there is so much more
When you need to love somebody
and how to treat em with respect
You gotta love your fellow humans
Its not about being the best
When you look back on those younger years and wonder why you tried
to reach for things that didn’t change just how you feel inside
they taught us how to count to ten, in French and German too
but what they didn’t teach you is what mattered most to YOU
When you need to love somebody
and how to treat em with respect
how to love your fellow humans
Its not about being the best
Its not about being the best
Its not about being the best
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