Barry Bright. ( Sung To Another Great Song. Charlie Brown.)
C, C, D, D and a F for you!
Everyone is failing. There's still one A, it's true!
Barry Bright. Barry Bright.
A shining light! He's Barry Bright!
Sitting in the front seat, 295 I.Q.
" I know the answer before the teachers ever do!"
He slips into the first desk,
slide rule in his hand.
Before the teacher asks us,
he's sticking up his hand!
Barry Bright, Barry Bright!
He's up all night! That Barry Bright!
Sitting in the front seat, 295 I.Q.
" I know the question before the teachers even do!"
He's writing out equations in the stall.
Quoting all the Shakespeare in the hall.
Answering in Latin when he's called.
Yes, me. YEAH, YOU! That's true.
He's got straight A's and now Harvard in his sights
We all go out while he studies every night.
Barry Bright. Barry Bright.
A shining light! That Barry Bright.
Sitting in the front seat, 295 I.Q.
" I read the chapters before the teachers ever do!"
Mournful wailing sax solo while an abduction plot is hatched.
Now graduation, and he's got 5 degrees.
" Why is there no one who is as smart as me?!"
Barry Bright. He's out of sight.
Barry Bright. He's out of sight.
Wrapped in a package, mailed it to cheers.
" Why did they have mail me out to a sultan in Tangiers?"
Suddenly joy filled sax solo as the sock hop starts hopping...
Copyright © Gerard Keogh Jr. | Year Posted 2010
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