In a deep dark jungle long time ago   Lived a lonesome caveman, he was a solitary soul   And he spent his playtime chewing meat from bones   He didn't know how to talk much, he only knew how to groan      Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky   Let out a yell and no one replied   Frustration and torment tore him inside   Then he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried      But then education saved the day   He learned to speak and communicate   Education saved the day   He thanked God for the friends he made      'Cause everybody needs an education   Everybody needs an education   Black skin, red skin, yellow or white   Everybody needs to read and write   Everybody needs an education      Thank the day when that primitive man   Learned to talk with his brothers and live off the land   He left his cave and he moved far away   And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made      He learned to think and to work with his brain   And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained   He wrote it down on a rock that he found   And he showed all his friends and they passed it around      And then education came that day   The day it came was a sacred day   Education came that day   He thanked God for the friends he'd made      Well, man built a boat and he learned how to sail   And he traveled far and wide   Then he looked up above, saw the stars in the sky   So he learned how to fly      Thanks to all the mathematicians   And the inventors with their high I.Q.'s   And the professors in their colleges   Trying to feed me knowledge that I know I'll never use      Thank you sir for the millions of words   That you've handed me down and you've told me to learn   But I've got words in my ears and my eyes   I've got so many facts that I must memorize      Because education's doing me   I want to stop but my head's in a swim   Education drive me insane   I can't recall all the facts on my brain      Education came that day   The day it came was a sacred day   Education saved the day   He thanked God for the friends he made      Teacher, teach me how to read and write   You can teach me about biology   But you can't tell me what I am living for   'Cause that's still a mystery      Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics   And teach me about the structure of man   But all your endless calculations   Can't tell me why I am      No, you can't tell me why I am   No, you can't tell me why I am      Everybody needs education   Open University, education   Every race, every creed, education   And every little half-breed      Every nationality, education   All the little people need education   Eskimos and pygmies need   And even aborigines, education      Well, physics and geography, education   Philosophy and history, education   Science and biology, education   Geometry and poetry, education      Education   Education   Education   ...