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LYRICS TO \u201cOBEDIENCE SCHOOL\u201d<\/strong>: I\u2019ve been listening to this Brian Dewan song (listen to it here<\/a>) obsessively for the past, oh, week or so. The lyrics don\u2019t seem to be online anywhere. This is what I gleaned:<\/p>\n

When I was in obedience school,
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I could make a rabbit stew.
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I could fix a sewage pipe,
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I could build a beaver dam.
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When I moved to a rooming house,
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No one told me what to do.
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Now I play with bottlecaps;
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I can break a drinking glass.
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People tell me every day,
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\u201cDon\u2019t tell people what to do!\u201d
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Well, that\u2019s all right\u2013I\u2019ll do it like you tell me to.
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Everybody is in charge,
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Cooks aplenty making broth for everyone,
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Bumping into everyone.
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But back when I was in obedience school,
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I could fold a paper plane.
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I could wear a pilgrim hat,
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I could [make?] a dinner [???];
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Sit beside a metronome,
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Listen to an intercom,
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File into a corridor,
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Be made to do a jumping jack;
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Sing a song of loyalty
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Wearing but a paper dress;
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Standing in the morning rain,
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Sing a song all o\u2019er again;
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Spend the afternoon indoors
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Making useful things from trash,
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Learn to build a candy dish,
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Eat a can of tuna fish,
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Scour and scrub a basement sink,
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Sweep around a skating rink.
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Oh, those bygone days!
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They were so peaceful and great.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"