The Headmaster Ritual

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Feb. 11, 19851 viewer93.5K views

The Headmaster Ritual Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools
Spineless swines, cemented minds

[Pre-Chorus]
Sir leads the troops, jealous of youth
Same old suit since 1962
He does the military two-step
Down the nape of my neck

[Chorus]
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Give up education
As a bad mistake

[Verse 2]
Mid-week on the playing fields
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Knees you in the groin, elbow in the face
Bruises bigger than dinner plates

[Chorus]
I want to go home
I don't want to stay

[Post-Chorus]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la, oh, la-la-la-la (Oh, oh! Oh, oh!)
Ooh, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la, ooh, la-la-la-la-la (Oh, oh! Oh, oh!)
Oh, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay

[Verse 3]
Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools
Spineless bastards, all

[Pre-Chorus]
Sir leads the troops, jealous of youth
Same old jokes since 1902
He does the military two-step
Down the nape of my neck

[Chorus]
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Give up life
As a bad mistake

[Verse 4]
Please excuse me from gym
I've got this terrible cold coming on
He grabs and devours, he kicks me in the showers
Kicks me in the showers and he grabs and devours

[Chorus]
I want to go home
I don't want to stay

[Outro]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la, oh, la-la-la-la-la (Oh, oh!)
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay (Ohh)
Oh, la-la-la-la-la, oh, la-la-la-la-la (Ohh) (Oh, oh!)
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay (Ohh)
Oh, la-la-la-la, ooh, la-la-la-la-la (Ohh)
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-ee-yay
Ooh, la-la-la-la-ee-yay
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, ooh, la-la-la-la-la
Ooh, la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
La-la-la-la, ooh, la-la-la-la-la
Oh, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-ee-yay
La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
Oh, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-ee-yay
Oh, la-la-la-la-ee-yay
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Oh

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It’s safe to say that nobody else, before or since, has opened a significant rock album by hammering the bejesus out of the capoed, open-tuned chord that begins “The Headmaster Ritual” before Morrissey enlightens us on abusive teachers in 70-80s England.