[Instrumental Intro/Guitar Solo 00:00-01:29]

[Chorus]
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah

[Verse 1]
They keep calling, asking me
If I'll come in, is that a sin?
If being lazy is the only reason
It's getting late
So mother, don't you hesitate
To pack my lunch and I'll be on my way to school
Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play

[Verse 2]
Teacher's always looking down
With her disappointed frown
Asking me to go sleep somewhere else
My levelheaded mother
Always said to one another
That the truth will always hurt if you keep waiting
I said waiting
[Chorus]
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play
Yeah, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah
C'mon
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and
Play

[Outro]
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah
(Think I'd rather go outside and play)
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
(Mother, mother, mother, mother)
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah
(Think I'd rather go outside)
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
(Think I'd rather go outside)
I think I'd rather go outside and play
Mother, don't wanna go to school today
I think I'd rather go outside and play, yeah