Everything I know, I've lived it
I shouted my dreams to the stars
I sang like nobody else
But for smiles on my street
I told myself stories
I turned them into songs for you
That say the heart is right
To hold on to nothing but hope
My school has no hallway
I didn't have another teacher
But that's where I learned it all
They gave me values
I was maybe a little dreamer
I must've even done some dumb sh*t
But I've always been on time
At the first ray of sun
I rushed off to join my class
Set in the very heart of a square
Right up to the end of sleepless nights
We had only one assignment
Forever believe in love
And what's beautiful in the story
Is we learn something every day
I'm still learning every day
I didn't have another teacher
But that's where I learned it all
They gave me values
I was maybe a little dreamer
I must've even done some dumb sh*t
But I've always been on time
She's the one who taught me everything
She's the one who taught me everything
My kids will read in the books
What I sometimes lack
Then I'll tell them that being free
Is starting over from scratch
Is starting over from scratch
Oooooh-oooh, the school of life
I didn't have another teacher
But that's where I learned it all
They gave me values
I was maybe a little dreamer
I must've even done some dumb sh*t
But I've always been on time