IntroVerse 1When The Classroom’s Packed, And The Library’s Shut,And Every Year There’s A Budget Cut,And The Textbooks Only Keep On Gettin’ Dumber,When Standards Seem To Be On The Skids,And It Gets So Even The Kids Have Kids,And Everyone Can Hardly Wait Till SummerChorusThen We’re In Deep Doo DooDeep, Deep Doo DooWhat Can Folks Like Me And You DoWhen The Doo DooGets So Deep And Gettin’ DeeperInterludeVerse 2When We Can’t Compete With The JapaneseOr The Portuguese Or The ChimpanzeesAnd Everybody Plays By Different RulesIt Ain’t A Question Of When Or WhetherAny Fool Can Put Two And Two TogetherUnless They Took New Math At One Of Our SchoolsChorusThen We’re In Deep Doo DooDeep, Deep Doo DooGod Knows There's Plenty To DoWhen The Doo DooGets So Deep And Gettin’ DeeperInterludeVerse 3When Some Schools Feel Like Combat SectorsWith Guns And Gangs And Metal Detectors(Remember When We Felt Guilty Just Playin’ Hooky?)When The School Is Broke, And Homework’s A JokeAnd The Kids Do Grass And Booze Or CokeWe’ve Come A Long Way From Chocolate Milk And A CookieChorusAnd We’re In Deep Doo DooDeep, Deep Doo DooAnd It's Gonna Take More Than Voo DooWhen The Doo DooGets So Deep And Gettin’ DeeperInterludeVerse 4Well, People Keep Givin’ Me The Same Old Pitch:“If You’re So Smart, Why Ain’t You Rich?”I’ve Heard That All My Life, And I Know It By HeartAnd To Tell The Truth, I Wish I KnewBut, America, I’m Askin’ You:If You’re So Rich, Why Ain’t You Smart?ChorusYes, We’re In Deep Doo DooDeep, Deep Doo DooSo, Ask Yourself What Can You DoWhen The Doo DooGets So DeepOutroIt’s Time To Look And Time To LeapThere’s Promises We Have To KeepAnd As You Sow, So Shall You ReapBut Whatever It Takes, It Won’t Be Cheap‘Cause The Doo Doo Is So Deep!
