School's Out – English Lyrics

• By: Alice Cooper

Lyrics & Translation

Get ready to rock and learn with Alice Cooper's "School's Out"! This classic rock anthem is a perfect way to dive into the rebellious and fun side of the English language. The lyrics are straightforward and repetitive, making it easy to sing along and pick up phrases about school and freedom. What makes this song special is its universal theme of liberation that transcends generations, all wrapped up in a powerful and energetic hard rock package.

[English]

(rock music)

(cheering)

- Your turn, come on!

You better know this (censored)!

♪ Well, we got no choice ♪

♪ All the girls and boys ♪

♪ Making all that noise ♪

♪ 'Cause they found new toys ♪

♪ Well, we can't salute ya ♪

♪ Can't find a flag ♪

♪ If that don't suit ya ♪

♪ That's a drag ♪

♪ School's out for summer ♪

I can't hear you!

♪ School's out forever ♪

♪ School's been blown to pieces ♪

♪ No more pencils ♪

♪ No more books ♪

♪ No more teacher's dirty looks, yeah ♪

♪ Well, we got no class ♪

♪ And we got no principals ♪

♪ And we got no intelligence ♪

♪ We can't even think of a word that rhymes ♪

♪ School's out for summer ♪

♪ School's out forever ♪

♪ School's been blown to pieces ♪

♪ No more pencils ♪

♪ No more books ♪

♪ No more teacher's dirty looks ♪

♪ Out for summer ♪

♪ Out 'til fall ♪

♪ We might not come back at all ♪

♪ School's out for summer ♪

Come on (indistinct)!

♪ School's out forever ♪

♪ School's been blown to pieces ♪

♪ My school's out completely ♪

Thank you, Birmingham! (applauding and cheering)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
school /skuːl/ A2	noun - an institution for education
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A2	noun - the warmest season of the year
blown /bloʊn/ B2	verb - past participle of 'blow', meaning to move by wind or to explode
pencils /ˈpɛnsəlz/ A2	noun - coiled writing instrument with a lead core
books /bʊks/ A1	noun - bound collection of pages with written or printed matter
teacher /ˈtiːtʃər/ B1	noun - a person who teaches students
class /klæs/ A2	noun - a group of students studying together
principals /ˈprɪnsəpəlz/ C1	noun - heads of a school
knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ B2	noun - information, awareness, or familiarity gained by experience or education
taught /tɔːt/ C1	verb - past tense of 'teach', meaning to instruct or educate
sounds /saʊndz/ A2	verb - to produce or emit noise
cheering /ˈtʃɪərɪŋ/ B2	noun - the act of shouting with joy or approval

Key Grammar Structures

• Well, we got no choice.

  ➔ Simple past tense.

  ➔ The phrase uses the simple past tense to indicate a completed action or state.

• No more pencils, no more books.

  ➔ Negative form.

  ➔ The phrase uses a negative form to express the absence of something.

• School's out for summer.

  ➔ Present simple tense.

  ➔ The present simple tense is used to express general truths or habitual actions.

• We might not come back at all.

  ➔ Modal verb 'might'.

  ➔ The modal verb 'might' is used to express possibility.

• School's been blown to pieces.

  ➔ Present perfect tense.

  ➔ The present perfect tense is used to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.