The Teacher`s Argument Lyrics

The Teacher`s Argument lyrics

(Miss Bell)
Artists are special celestial fools
first with the talent for
breaking the rules
unfit for confinement in cubicle schools
artists are
special

(Miss Sherman)
Artists are people not primitive fools
they
learn what to do before breaking the rules
they know that the brain is the
finest of tools
artists are people

(Both)
Whether in theatre or
music or dance
they have to be given the chance

(Miss Bell)
to fly
by the seat of their pants

(Miss Sherman)
to develop their minds and
be nurtured 

(Both)
like plants

(Miss Sherman)
Artists are
part of the same human race
as everyone else in the same bloody place
you
learn to survive or you fall on your face
artist or not
artist or
not

(spoken)
Greta, you know that 90% of these kids 
will never
make a living in the arts
we have to prepare them for life
or what's
Tyrone gonna do if he can't make it as a dancer
mop floors?

(Miss
Bell)
Tyrone will make it

(sung)
I've seen them come and go for
all these years
kids with no talent for anything more than carrying
spears
another year another shipment
lacking the drive or the style or
the basic eqipment
this one is different.

And i can see me there
unremarkable me
the kid in the ballet class
the princess i wanted to
be
tutu and point shoes
hair in a bun
completely unnoticed as if i
were no-one

this one is different i tell you
this one can
dance
this one is virtual i tell you 
give him a
chance

(spoken)
Tyrone will make it, he will

(Miss
Sherman)
Fine, and i wish him luck
but this is an academic institution
with academic standards
Oh i know, 
we're the fame high school
now
ever since that movie came out
they come here expecting to become
stars 
and you people think you run the show here
oh teach them to
perform and who cares if they can read or write
who needs to write
anyway
as long as they can sign their name on a contract

(Miss
Bell)
and who are you?
defender of the true faith

(Miss
Sherman)
Exactly!

(sung)
What did they tell me when i was a
girl
Learn...
Day after day when i was a girl
Learn...
The land of
dreams waits over the meadow
if you can find a way 
out of the
ghetto
learn, learn
put your faith in books
that will protect
you
put your faith in books
and a mind of your own
neither charm or
looks
will make them respect you
you must learn to stand
you must
learn to stand alone

(Miss Bell)
this one is different

(miss
Sherman)
put your faith in books

(Miss Bell)
this one can
dance

(Miss Sherman)
put your faith in books

(Miss
Bell)
artists are special

(Miss Sherman)
artists are
people

(Both)
this one must have the chance
this one must have the
chance.