Now class, do you like your teacher or not?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Anybody holding back or didn’t nod
I’ll see you when class is done

You think that I’d really care, are you blind?
Go on, keep glaring like I’m just a brat, fine!
You versus me, we don’t match up at all
Cause I’m a grown man, at least…some might call

All of this petty talk, don’t mess around with me
I’m not kid so just cut it out! It’s not like I’m three
“You couldn’t handle this” You said time and again
Well your loss, ‘cause I win…hah?

Now class, do you like your teacher or not?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Anybody holding back or didn’t nod
I’ll see you around soon

Hey sir, I hate you, ya know?
Friends wouldn’t do this or make me feel so alone
Alright! Unanimous then, they all agree so take a win!
Hey sir, you think this is right?
Look at this homework I’ve let all just slip by
Is it bad if I wanted your hand? To help me like you did back then?
Call me a kid all want but you know
You versus me, we got some things the same though (?)
Falling in love, even I’ve felt it grow
Cause I’m mature now…at least, I think so

Give up the tough guy act, I know you’re not like that
I see right through all your poker faces
So now I’m all grown and - don’t have to hold my hand
Step away, got it yet? Hah?

Now class, do you like your teacher or not?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I could never just agree or go along
If it’s just an act to show them

Hey sir, I hate you, ya know?
Friends wouldn’t do this or make me feel so alone
Alright! Unanimous then, they all agree so take a win!
Hey sir, you think this is right?
Look at this homework I’ve let all just slip by
Is it bad if I wanted your hand? To help me like you did back then?

Everybody always hanging ‘round all the time
Everybody smiling as you joke from behind
Finally it hit me that I’m watching go by, the things that once were mine
Everybody always hanging ‘round all the time
All my favorite things were piling up in my mind
Though you can never know how special they are
Until you feel them slipping by
Now class, do you like your teacher or not?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Always “I” before “E”, except after “C”
(Always “I” before “E”, except after “C”)

Now then, do you all like my classes or not?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Anybody holding back or didn’t nod
That would leave just me, am I wrong?

On and on, a thousand years gone
Meeting and leaving us at every day’s dawn
Give it up and get back in line, you could try one more time

Hey sir, you hate me or what?
Acting like we’re just some strangers at school, enough!
Alright! I do matter then, and I’m the vote you need to win
Hey sir, remember the days?
All that inside you’s still breaking, but you can change
Solving now, you’ve got me on your side
You’re home again this time
And we can laugh and grin
Just like we did always back then