well a reading and a writing and arithmetic never did get through to me it ain t because i m square or thick because i learned my abc s but when i graduated from the grammar school and i moved one grade above i began to be a snook at books but i made straight a s in love now the teacher would say to learn your algebrae but i d bring home c s and d s how could i make an a when there s a swinging maid on the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me oh my grades are low on my card i know but they oughta give me one above if they d give me a mark for learning in the dark i d have straight a s in love now in my senior year with graduation near i did my homework every night and when my mama said i oughta go to bed i d turn out all the lights but my sweetie pie was waiting right outside she d be a cooing like a dove though i did my best i failed semester test but i made straight a s in love now the teacher would say to learn your algebrae but i d bring home c s and d s how could i make an a when there s a swinging maid on the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me oh my grades are low on my card i know but they oughta give me one above if they d give me a mark for learning in the dark i d have straight a s in love