Teachers - Damien Dempsey

Old Johnny Cash help me walk the line

Old Bobby Marley how your soul does shine

Old Woodie Guthrie has a rebel heart

Old Bille Holiday sings like a lark

Nina Simone can make feel so high

Old like Kelly brings tears to my eyes

Old Phil Lynott still breaking down walls

I’m thanking you one and all

We got teachers in school

Some are wise and some were fools

But they’re also on the radio

Bubblegum rock and Bubblegum roll

Bubblegum punk and Bubblegum soul

Bubblegum hip hop Bubblegum dance

People walk around in a Bubblegum trance

Teachers on the air are getting less

It’s all about the image and possessions and sex

I’ve got my stereo and I’m the DJ

And I decide what I play

We got teachers in school

Some are wise and some were fools

But they’re also on the radio

I’m gonna fight for my right to the light

With my hears wide open, heart wide open

And If I get down I’ll have the teachers around

Get the stereo blarin' do some learnin'

Teachers are teaching and preaching to me from the stereo