I can't buy the lie and it don't matter   Even though I try to keep my health   It all seems the same, such a silly game   Played by silly fools who don't even follow their own rules      But oh, when the sunshine follows me around   Lifts my feet and takes me from the ground   High enough to see the shelf   And know that I was educated by myself      I have seen the streets groaning, not battered   Though amongst us all, we kept our wealth   And though the rain goes pitter-patter   It don't change the pain that we all felt      But oh, when the sunshine follows us around   Lifts our feet and takes us from the ground,   High enough for us to tell   That we were educated by ourselves      It's a simple dream, a common pattern   A universal scheme for us to sell   And though it's a long, long way between Mars and Saturn   But right here on Earth, we know so well   That all we need is sunshine on the ground   And smiles and smiles and smiles from frown to frown   Just enough for us to yell   That we were educated by ourselves