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MORRISSEY song
Name	The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
Album/single	Southpaw Grammar
Length	11:15
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Boz Boorer
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Release	August 1995
Recorded	Spring 1995

Information

The song features a sample from the 1952 film "Eight O'Clock Walk":

"I'm very glad the spring has come/The sun shines out so bright/All the birds that are on the trees/Are singing for delight."

The song also uses a loop created by Boz Boorer that uses Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D Minor.

Lyrics

There's too many people planning your downfall
When your spirit's on trial these nights can be frightening
Sleep transports sadness to some other mid-brain
And somebody here will not be here next year

So you stand by the board full of fear and intention
And if you think that they're listening
Well, you've got to be joking
Oh you understand change and you think it's essential
But when your profession is humiliation...

Say the wrong word to our children
We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
Lay a hand on our children
And it's never too late to have you

Mucus on your collar
A nail up through the staff chair
A blade in your soap
And you cry into your pillow

To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief

Say the wrong word to our children
We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you
Lay a hand on our children
And it's never too late to have you

To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief
To be finished would be a relief

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 82

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Southpaw Grammar

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "(The) Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" - Morrissey-solo (Sep 08, 2021)

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 ==Information==
-The song features a sample from the 1952 film "Eight O'Clock Walk" - "I'm very glad the spring has come/The sun shines out so bright/All the birds that are on the trees/Are singing for delight."
+The song features a sample from the 1952 film "[[Eight O'Clock Walk]]":
+<blockquote>
+"I'm very glad the spring has come/The sun shines out so bright/All the birds that are on the trees/Are singing for delight."</blockquote>
+The song also uses a loop created by Boz Boorer that uses Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D Minor.
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
 There's too many people planning your downfall
 When your spirit's on trial these nights can be frightening
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 To be finished would be a relief
 To be finished would be a relief
-}}
+</poem>
-==Personnel==
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
-* [[Alain Whyte]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], backing vocals<br>
-* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars, bass guitar<br>
-* [[Jonny Bridgwood]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]<br>
-* [[Spencer Cobrin]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]<br>
-* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[Steve Lillywhite]]<br>
-* Engineer - Danton Supple<br>
-* Assistant Engineer - Tom Elmhirst
-* Mastering - Tim Young
-* Layout - Laurence Stevens <br>
-* Sleeve - Whores In Retirement<br>
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