The Headmaster Ritual

Album: Meat Is Murder (1985)
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  • Belligerent ghouls
    Run Manchester schools

    Spineless swines
    Cemented minds

    Sir leads the troops
    Jealous of youth
    Same old suit since nineteen sixty two

    He does the military two-step down
    The nape of my neck

    I want to go home
    I don't want to stay
    Give up education
    As a bad mistake

    Mid-week on the playing fields
    Sir thwacks you on the knees

    Knees you in the groin
    Elbow in the face
    Bruises bigger than dinner plates

    I want to go home
    I don't want to stay

    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da
    Da-da-da

    Belligerent ghouls
    Run Manchester schools

    Spineless bastards all

    Sir leads the troops
    Jealous of youth
    Same old jokes since nineteen- oh- two

    He does the military two-step down
    The nape of my neck

    I want to go home
    I don't want to stay
    Give up life
    As a bad mistake

    Please excuse me from gym
    I've got this terrible cold coming on
    He grabs and devours
    He kicks me in the showers
    Kicks me in the showers
    And he grabs and devours

    I want to go home
    I don't want to stay Writer/s: Johnny Marr, Steven Morrissey
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Music Publishing Ltd, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
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  • Antony Yates from ManchesterThe headmaster was called Mr Glennon.
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