Every Teacher - Mark Lowry

Never on the honor roll

But I think that I should mention

I would have a masters now

If they gave it in detention

Shot spit wads till I turned blue

And flew paper airplanes too

My chemestry experiment

Blew up the whole school, by accident

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

I brought prayer back to class

Cuz all my teachers prayed that I would pass

At the mention of my name

Teachers twitch, and some start droolin

A diploma was my aim

But I even flunked home schooling

Put a frog down one girl’s back

My mama got notes by the stack

All of my teachers got combat pay

Every hour, every day

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

So many swats that I couldn’t keep score

That’s what I grew all this padding for!

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

I brought prayer back to class

Cuz all my teachers prayed that I would pass

Yeah, sure, maybe I drove them mad

And was the worst student they ever had

But they are getting their just deserts

I talk about them at my concerts!

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

I can’t recall all those words that they spoke

«Mark, your life’s gonna be a joke»

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

So many swats that I couldn’t keep score

That’s what I grew all this padding for!

Every teacher knows my name

They hear it and go insane

I brought prayer back to class

Cuz all my teachers prayed that I would pass