Perfect at School Lyrics by Elliot Valentine Lee, Mel Hornyak
Adamandi (Live Princeton University Cast Recording)
2022
[Verse] QUINCY Each excellent grade that I manage to earn (and I earn them with some regularity) Can turn a bad day into one I would save And keep tight in my mind for posterity My schoolwork is full of inducements like these Though 'inducements' might be a misnomer Rather, sometimes I feel like a rat in a cage Earning treats with catullus and homer [Chorus] But treats are essential and homer is nice I read every textbook, sometimes read it twicе What use is a student if they can't bе smart? What use is an actor who can't play their part? I can show every class I'm no fuck-up or fool If I can be perfect, I'm perfect at school [Verse] This isn't to say I don't have any talent My father and his father all had the knack For learning by rote every fact, word, and note Earning with effort the money they lacked My father says I’m so much smarter than he was Our grades and achievements are nearly the same But he doesn’t get that I can’t lose my chance When I’m stuck with long odds in a different game [Chorus] I stay up till midnight before every test But tell all my classmates to just do their best What use is a candle if both ends aren't burning? What use is a course if I can't prove I'm learning? Each test, quiz, and essay a practical tool For proving I'm perfect, I'm perfect at school [Bridge] Each speck of earned affection Like a fatherly embrace Each positive reflection Like warm sunlight on my face Each grade a weighted finger On my own unstable scale Telling me to hold on longer When I inevitably fail Telling me I can avoid regret (Other students enter behind them, holding papers with A Grades on them.) QUINCY/STUDENTS And I can’t give up on life just yet! No, I can’t give up on life just yet! QUINCY Because maybe I can make it back To being perfect, being perfect at school [Chorus] So I'll go to school forever Become a grad, a PhD With my total lack of self worth And my boundless curiosity Then I'll be a full professor And cheer on each advisee Saying, “Hey, you’re pretty special, kid Someday you could be like me.”
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