Well, the readin' and the writin' arithmetic

Never did get through to me

It ain't because I'm square or thick

'Cause I learned my A, be, see

But when I graduated from the grammar school

And I moved one grade above

I began to be a snook at books

On the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me?

Now in my senior year with graduation near

I did my homework every night

And when my momma said I oughta go to bed

I turn out all the lights

But my sweetie pie was waitin' right outside

She'd be a coolin' like a dove

Though I did my best, I failed semester test

On the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me