[Chorus] To get our watches running perfectly on time, We watched the teacher passing in his morning prime, Always the right hour, never slowing down, He walked to school, the highest spirits in the town. [Verse 1] As we lined up, he greeted every student with a smile. Inside the class, he taught us to go the extra mile, A teacher telling stories, wonderful and deep, His legends warmed the children as they later fell asleep, [Chorus] [Children's Choir] To get our watches running perfectly on time, We watched the teacher passing in his morning prime, Always the right hour, never slowing down, He walked to school, the highest spirits in the town. [Verse 2] We saw him as a leader, essential to the town, The mayor asked for his advice and wrote it down, His policy... to keep the children safe and young, There’s time enough… before the grown-up madness has begun. [Chorus] [Children's Choir] To get our watches running perfectly on time, We watched the teacher passing in his morning prime, Always the right hour, never slowing down, He walked to school, the highest spirits in the town. [Verse 3] [100bpm - More urgent, driving drums, distorted violin] But then the world became so raw, a world at war, The students acted out the conflicts at the schoolhouse door, They mimicked all the sadness, rotten to the core, Then terrified, they turned to violence, more and more, [Bridge] We started mocking teachers, treating them with scorn, Admiring the bullies, leaving values torn, Calling teachers reckless, foolish and to blame, Because they fought... to keep a life worth its name… [Chorus] [Children's Choir] To get our watches running perfectly on time, We watched the teacher passing in his morning prime, What was going on?... He walked at a slower pace, He went to school alone... with terror on his face. [Outro] [Children's Choir] When teachers die one day, The critics then will say: “See where it leads, these values silly and absurd, Be hard on all these swarming brats, mark my word…” [Instrumental violin]
