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Teachers

from 3 Songs by Tim Loud

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When i was about 15, me and ol' Tom we used to spoke Ephedrine. Then one day, he hung himself and dide. I f I said tghat didn't affect me, well, I lied.
I didn't know what to do so I took more drugs and stopped going to school. Found that lifestyle suited me better, until one day that school sent me a letter.

Said "We know what you've been up to, Timothy" "Takiing drugs and not coming to school and learning Maths" for this odious and terrible deed, the jury all agreed that I would never amount to anything.

Personal tutor said I was un-academic, Head of year said "your life will be pathetic" I thought "That's rich" and pretty f***ing cruel. Isn't it people who can't do things that work in schools?
I didn't know what to do so I took more drugs and stopped going to school. Found myself a job and a place to call my own, and life, you know, She rolls along.

And I met a lot of people in my time and every one of them is a stroy of their own. See you cannot cram a man into your one-size-fits-all plan. We've all got our own shit to do.

Grew as an entity but not as a person, I focused too much on wealth and profession, unitl one day, my bloody head went 'POP' and everything just ground to a stop.
Well I knew what to do, took fewer drugs started learning more too, found out that the problem is not the subject but the syllabus. There's value in every bloody one of us.

And a lot of people helped me on my way, and every one fo them is a story of their own. See there is beauty, there is love, if you focus hard enough on what you need and not what you want.

Now 20 years have passed since the start of the song and while I'd like to think I have proved those teachers wrong. I sometimes wonder, couldn't they have left me alone. Couldn't they see I got enough of that shit at home.
But if I saw them, I'd forgive them anyway, cos I can't carry hate no more.
And on the subject that is me, we could agree to disagree, but I know deep down that I'm alright. so f*** them!

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from 3 Songs, released September 21, 2022
Written and performed by Tim Loud and...
Sean Howe: Drums

Recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Kurt Wood at Corner House Recording Studio

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Tim Loud Warrington, UK

With range, character and depth to his vocals and a passionate and varied playing style, Tim tackles an array of genres and influences in his music, while his lyrics take on a wide selection of topics from the personal to the political, always conveyed with a hint of irony and a heavy dose of cynicism. ... more

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