School Days - Aretha Franklin

School days

School days

Dear ole golden

Rule days

Reading (Reading)

Writing (Writing)

Arithmetic (Arithmetic)

Were taught to the tune of

Tight skirts, big socks, pony tails and silk suit sales, now

Those really were the days, we had a lot of fun

And I remember that very special one

See him walking in the hall when classes would change

And I don’t think he ever really knew my name

Ooh boy, school boy, ooh boy, yeah yeah yeah yeah

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on up the right way, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

With my bucks and checker boots I was really steppin' tough

With my fringed suede jacket I was just about tough enough, ya’ll

But I couldn’t get this guy to even look my way

Wonder what he looks like right now to this very day

Ooh boy, school boy, ooh boy, yeah yeah yeah yeah

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on up the right way, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

Art was my favorite class and I had to get a pass

To fool around in the hall, he was so cute and tall

I loved to race to lunch and science was more’n a hunch

Sure loved to go to gym, loved it when I saw him

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on up the right way, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

Hey

Remember those big hoop skirts and petticoats

That we wore in the summer, guess that’s what I wore the most

And remember when you’d sit they’d fly up in the air

And you’d have to hold them down while sitting in your chair

Hoop skirts, petticoats, dirty sneakers

And blue jeans were cheaper

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on up the right way, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on up the right way, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

We were stylish and young, second to none

Coming on, coming on, coming on, yes, those were the days

That was the way things in the 50's were done, now

Oh, ain’t you glad you made it

Oh, oh, ain’t you glad you made it now

Oh, ain’t you glad you made it

Ain’t you glad you made it now, oh, oh, oh, oh

Ain’t you glad you made it

Ain’t you glad you made it, oh, oh, oh, yeah

Ain’t you glad you made it, oh, oh

Ain’t you glad you made it, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ain’t you glad you made it, yeah, yeah

Ain’t you glad you made it, oh yeah

Ain’t you glad you made it now, oh

Ain’t you glad you made it

Ain’t you glad you made it now