Poisoning the Students' Minds - Pete Seeger

Oh the student Y has found a new vocation,

Poisoning the students' minds

The leaders by astute manipulation

Poisoning the students' minds

Big men bold men filled with sneering pride

Behind the smiling countenance they hide

Spiritual arsenic moral cyanide

They’re poisoning the students', poisoning the students', poisoning the

students' minds

There’s just one thing that they forgot to mention

The student hasn’t got a mind

So it’s safe to hold this great convention

The student hasn’t got a mind

But if our leaders hear this dreadful news

We are sure that their senses they would lose

So we’ll just let them go on thinking if they chose

They’re poisoning the students', poisoning the students', poisoning the

students' minds

They’re poisoning the students', poisoning the students', poisoning the

students' minds

Oh Uncle Will has sent away our brother

For poisoning the students' minds

But he’ll find out there’ll always be another

Poisoning the student’s minds

He’d rather have us stick to evening prayers

And stop meddling in national affairs

‘cause that doesn’t suit the millionaires

We’re poisoning the students', poisoning the students', poisoning the students'

minds

We’re poisoning the students', poisoning the students', poisoning the students'

minds