THE TEACHER words & music by Lenny Solomon

Key B capo 2 up tempo © L. Solomon 2006

She’s the leader of the choir, a teacher in the school

She walks the straight and narrow, lives by every rule

She’s always been a grownup, a mom unto her kids

She is the helpful daughter, always giving from within

But in the depths of midnight, her yesterdays do swell

As she thinks about the stories, that only she could tell

About her long lost lovers, passions running free

Days when her lost innocence, was the way to be

Cho. Watch out, here she comes a’walkin’

Down the street of your hometown

Hands waving to the neighbors

Saying hi to all around

Always dressin’ to perfection

In that classic schoolmarm way

Eye’s a’winkin’, keeps ‘em guessin’

‘bout the night she had her day

It was back in high school, when her thoughts turned ‘round

Looking for some answers, her spirit nearly drowned

Came to the conclusion, she wouldn’t find them there

So she took to travellin’, to where, she didn’t care

Several years went passing, some were good, some bad

She got herself together, then built on what she had

Now she’s back in business, teachin’ all your kin

Never saying nothing, ‘bout the places that she’s been

Chorus- repeat twice