Lesson Number One Songtext
von The Dream Syndicate

Lesson number one is just a one and done before you run
You aren′t expected to remember anything
Lesson number two is when you find out what to do
And now, you're really in the swing, but you aren′t learning anything

Lesson number three is when the breeze begins to shift
And the wind begins to lift and fight against the pace
Lesson number four is just lesson number three
But with an adjustment at the end where you try to save face

Lesson number five is when you break out from the hive
Try to stay alive or easily survive
Lesson number six is for card tricks, quick fix
Monkey and a top hat, finding out where it's at

That's something, but not for nothing
You′re carrying the weight like that
Ain′t it funny, it's not for nothing
The lines are shifting that


Lesson 7a is because you misbehaved
And you′ve led astray when the rules began to change
Lesson 3c is gonna show you what to be
When you're under repair, and you have to take the blame

Lesson Underscored is when you have no more
And you forget to write it down ′cause you were in the next town
Lesson Revisited because you felt inquisitive
But no one saw the work and you felt like a jerk

That's something, but not for nothing
You′re carrying the weight like that
Ain't it funny, it's not for nothing
The lines are shifting that

That′s something, but not for nothing
You′re carrying the weight like that
Ain't it funny, it′s not for nothing
The lines are shifting that

That's something, but not for nothing
You′re carrying the weight like that
Ain't it funny, it′s not for nothing
The lines are shifting that


That's something, but not for nothing
You're carrying the weight like that
Ain′t it funny, it′s not for nothing
The lines are shifting that