What I Go to School for
by Busted

Oh, yeah yeah

1.) Her voice is echoed in my mind
I count the days till she is mine
I can't tell my friends cause they will laugh
I love a member of the staff
2.) And I fight my way to front of class
To get the best view of her ass
I drop the pencil on the floor
She bends down and shows me more,

[Chorus:]
That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
But I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss MacKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for

3.) So she may be thirty-three
But that doesn't bother me
Her boyfriend's working out of town
I find a reason to go round
4.) I climb a tree outside her home
To make sure that she's alone
I see her in her underwear
I can't help but stop and stare

That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
But I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss McKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for

[Bridge:]
Everyone that you teach all day
knows you're looking at me in a different way
I guess, that's why
My marks are getting so high
I could see those tell-tale signs
Telling me that I was on your mind
I could see that you wanted more
When you told me that I'm what you go to school for
I'm what you go to school for

5.) She's packed her bag it's in the trunk
Looks like she picked herself a hunk
We drive by school to say goodbye
My friends they can't believe their eyes

That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
You can call me crazy
But I know that she craves me
That's what I go to school for
Even though it is a real bore
Girlfriends I've had plenty
None like Miss MacKenzie
That's what I go to school for
That's what I go to school for.

Deshalb gehe ich zur Schule

von Busted
Deutsche Übersetzung © 2002 by Volker Pöhls

Wofür ich zur Schule gehe

1.) Ihre Stimme geht mir nicht aus dem Kopf
Ich zähle die Tage, bis sie mir gehört.
Meinen Freunden darf ich's nicht erzählen, die würden lachen
Ich liebe ein Mitglied des Lehrkörpers.

2.) In der Klasse kämpfe ich mich nach vorne durch,
um den besten Blick auf ihren Arsch zu kriegen.
Ich lasse meinen Bleistift fallen.
Sie bückt sich und ich kann noch mehr sehen...

[Refrain:]
Dafür gehe ich zur Schule,
auch wenn es sonst echt langweilig ist.
Ihr könnt mich für verrückt erklären.
Ich weiß, dass sie auf mich steht.
Deshalb gehe ich zur Schule,
obwohl es tierisch langweilig ist.
Ich hab schon viele Freundinnen gehabt,
aber keine war so wie Fräulein MacKenzie
für sie gehe ich zur Schule
ihretwegen gehe ich zur Schule.

3.) Sie mag vielleicht dreiunddreissig sein,
aber das macht mir nichts aus.
Ihre Freunde arbeiten woanders.
Ich finde immer einen Grund, bei ihr vorbeizuschauen.

4.) Ich klettere auf einen Baum neben ihrem Haus,
um sicher zu gehen, dass sie auch allein ist.
Ich sehe sie in ihrer Unterwäsche.
Ich kann nicht anders - ich muss sie einfach anstarren.

[Abwechslung:]
Jeder in der Schule weiß, dass du mich anders anguckst.
Ich nehme an, deshalb bekomme ich auch so gute Noten.
Ich kann diese gewissen Zeichen sehen, die mir sagen, dass du an mich denkst
Ich konnte sehen, dass du mehr wolltest, als du zu mir gesagt hast:
"Deinetwegen gehe ich zur Schule!"

5.) Sie hat ihre Sachen gepackt, sie sind im Kofferraum
offenbar hat sie sich für einen Kerl entschieden.
Wir fahren an der Schule vorbei, um Tschüss zu sagen.
Meine Freunde trauen ihren Augen nicht...

Talking Points
Interpretationsfragen

What I Go to School for

1. Why is he interested in Miss MacKenzie?
2. How deep is his love for her? Would he really fight for her? Explain!
3. Does she reciprocate, return his love?
4. What does he go to school for? What should one go to school for?
5. Do you feel that the lyrics are meant to be more than just a comedy?
6. Discuss the statement: "The lyrics reflect a common schoolboy's fantasy, not so much a realistic situation"
7. Compare these lyrics to other lyrics that also deal with the subject of "loving the teacher"!
8. Find out everything you can about the scandal of a teacher in the USA who became pregnant after a love affair with one of her pupils and had to go to jail.
9. Has anything comparable happened in Germany?
10. Do you consider an affair between teacher and young student acceptable/unacceptable? Why?
11. Are teachers allowed to have affairs with pupils in Germany?
12. Do you see any parallels between a teacher-pupil-love-affair and the relationship between adult pop stars and under age fans?
13. Do you think that such a love affair would be such a funny thing for the people involved?
14. They say that power makes a person attractive or even sexy. Does that also apply to teachers?
15. Have you ever been in love with your teacher/coach?

Don't Stand So Close To Me
Police

1.) Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking - she's so close now
This girl is half his age

[Chorus:]
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

2.) Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

3.) Loose talk in the classroom
To hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom
The accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by Nabakov

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Komm mir nicht zu nahe

Police
Übersetzung © 2002 by Volker Pöhls

1.) Der junge Lehrer, der Traum von Schulmädchen
Sie ist ganz wild auf ihn,
weiß, was sie will.
In ihr brennt eine Sehnsucht.
Dieses Mädchen ist eine offene Seite
ein Lesezeichen - sie ist ihm jetzt so nahe
dieses Mädchen ist halb so alt wie er.

[Refrain:]
Komm mir nicht, komm mir nicht so
Komm mir nicht so nahe!

2.) Ihre Freundinnen sind so eifersüchtig.
Man kennt das ja, wie böse Mädchen werden können.
Manchmal ist es nicht so einfach
die Lieblingsschülerin zu sein.
Versuchung, Frustration
Es ist so schlimm, es ist zum Heulen.
Bushaltestelle, es regnet, sie wartet.
Sein Auto ist warm und trocken.

3.) Gerede in der Klasse
Sie versuchen weh zu tun
Harte Worte im Lehrerzimmer
Anschuldigungen fliegen hin und her.
Es hat keinen Zweck, er trifft sie
er fängt an zu zittern und zu husten
Genau so wie der alte Mann
in dem Buch von Nabakow.

Talking Points
Interpretationsfragen

Don't Stand So Close To Me

1. Describe the problem in your own words!
2. Who says "Don't stand so close to me!" and why does he/she say that?
3. Who is responsible for the love affair? Who is guilty?
4. Why is the love between teacher and schoolgirl problematic?
5. Imagine how the story might go on!
6. Illustrate how the author artfully tells a whole story by describing nothing but a few details!
7. What book is he referring to? What is it all about?
8. Read the book / watch the movie!
9. Do you think that it is justified to a) make the teacher leave this school b) make the teacher quit his job?
10. Do you think that affairs between partners of different ages can work out fine? Do you know examples and counter-examples?

Hot For Teacher
by Van Halen

1.) Teacher stop that screaming, teacher don't you see?
Don't wanna be no uptown fool.
Maybe I should go to hell, but I'm doin' well,
teacher needs to see me after school.

[Chorus:]
I think of all the education that I missed.
But then my homework was never quite like this.
Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad,
I'm hot for teacher.
Got it bad, so bad,
I'm hot for teacher.

2.) I heard about your lessons,
but lessons are so cold.
I know about this school.
Little girl from cherry lane,
how did you get so bold?
How did you know that golden rule?

Chorus

Solo

Scharf auf den Lehrer

Van Halen
Übersetzung © 2002 by Volker Pöhls

1.) Pauker, hör auf zu schreien,
Pauker, verstehst du das denn nicht?
Ich will kein Dummkopf aus der Vorstadt sein.
Vielleicht sollte ich einfach abhauen,
aber es klappt ganz gut,
der Pauker braucht mich nach der Schule.

[Refrain:]
Ich denke an all den Unterricht, den ich versäumt habe.
Aber meine Hausarbeiten waren vorher ganz anders.
Mich hat's schwer erwischt
ich bin geil auf den Pauker
ich bin geil für den Pauker

2.) Ich habe von deinem Unterricht gehört,
aber Unterricht ist so kalt.
Ich kenne diese Schule.
Kleines Mädchen aus dem Kirschenweg,
was hat dich so mutig gemacht?
Woher kanntest du diese goldene Regel?

When I Kissed The Teacher
by ABBA

Everybody screamed when I kissed the teacher
And they must have thought they dreamed when I kissed the teacher
All my friends at school
They had never seen the teacher blush, he looked like a fool
Nearly petrified 'cos he was taken by surprise
When I kissed the teacher
Couldn't quite believe his eyes, when I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiled
I was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher

One of these days
Gonna tell him I dream of him every night
One of these days
Gonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright

I was in a trance when I kissed the teacher
Suddenly I took the chance when I kissed the teacher
Leaning over me, he was trying to explain the laws of geometry
And I couldn't help it, I just had to kiss the teacher

One of these days
Gonna tell him I dream of him every night
One of these days
Gonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright

What a crazy day, when I kissed the teacher
All my sense had flown away when I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiled
I was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)

[fade]

Als ich den Lehrer küsste

ABBA
Übersetzung © 2002 by Volker Pöhls

Alle kreischten, als ich den Lehrer küsste,
und sie trauten ihren Augen nicht, als ich den Lehrer küsste
All meine Freunde in der Schule
hatten noch nie gesehen, wie der Lehrer rot wurde, er sah lächerlich aus
...

Young Girl
by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

22/05/1968
4 weeks at #1 - 17 weeks on chart

[Chorus:]
Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl

1.) With all the charms of a woman
You've kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe you're old enough
To give me Love
And now it hurts to know the truth, Oh,

Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl

2.) Beneath your perfume and make-up
You're just a baby in disguise
And though you know that it is wrong to be
Alone with me
That come on [common?]look is in your eyes, Oh,

Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl

3.) So hurry home to your mama
I'm sure she wonders where you are
Get out of here, before I have the time
To change my mind
'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far, Oh,

Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl

Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl.

Junges Mädchen

von Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Übersetzung © 2002 by Volker Pöhls

[Refrain:]
Junges Mädchen, geh mir aus dem Kopf,
meine Liebe zu dir ist weit jenseits des Erlaubten
Geh lieber weg, Mädchen.
Du bist viel zu jung, Mädchen.

1.) Mit all dem Charme einer Frau
hast du mir verheimlicht, wie jung du bist
Ich hab geglaubt, du wärest alt genug
um mich zu lieben
und jetzt tut es weh, die Wahrheit zu erfahren.

2.) Unter deinem Parfüm und Makeup
versteckt sich eigentlich ein Kind
Und obwohl du weißt, dass es falsch ist,
mit mir allein zu sein,
sehe ich diesen Los-komm-Blick in deinen Augen

3.) Also lauf schnell nach Hause zu deiner Mama
Sie wundert sich sicherlich schon, wo du bist
Mach, dass du wegkommst,
bevor ich es mir noch mal anders überlege
Denn ich fürchte, wir könnten zu weit gehen.

Talking Points
Interpretationsfragen

Young Girl

1. The speaker tells the girl that she is responsible. He tells her that it is her who has to make the right decision. He claims that she has deceived him! He would tell everybody that she he is not guilty, an innocent victim. Is that fair?

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