[Miss Watson]
Look-a here Huck, do you want to go to Heaven?
Do you want to go to Heaven? Well I'll tell you right now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to Heaven 'cause you won't know how

[Widow Douglas]
You may think that the whole thing is silly
But it isn't silly, really

[Miss Watson]
And I'll tell you right now
If you don't learn to read then you can't read your bible

[Widow Douglas]
And you'll never get to Heaven 'cause you won't know how

[Huck (spoken)]
It got pretty rough, livin' with the Widder and Miss Watson; they was so regular and decent in all their ways. And Judge Thatcher thought he had the right to tell me what sort of person I should be too!

[Judge Thatcher]
Look-a here, Huck, now you better think it over
Do you wanna be a loafer like your Pappy is now?
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to Heaven 'cause you won't know how
[Huck (spoken)]
And Tom Sawyer wasn't above puttin' in his two cents worth either, sayin' I should be more like the fellers in those adventure books he was always a-readin'!

[Tom Sawyer and his gang]
Hey, hey, ain't the situation
Concernin' education
Aggrivatin' and how?
Hey, hey

[Tom Sawyer]
Do ya wanna get to Heaven?

[Tom Sawyer and his gang]
Well ya better get your lessons
Or ya won't know how

[Huck (spoken)]
It seemed like everybody in the whole blame town of St. Petersburg was tryin' to tell me who I should be!

[Company]
Look-a here Huck, do ya wanna be a feller
Like a feller really ought to be? I'll tell ya right now
Ya better learn to read and ya better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to Heaven 'cause ya won't know how

Hey, hey, ain't the situation
Concernin' education
Aggrivatin' and how?
Hey, hey, do ya wanna get to Heaven
Well ya better get your lessons
Or ya won't know how
Look-a here Huck, look-a here Huck, look-a here
Look-a here Huck, look-a here (Read your bible, Huck)
Look-a here Huck, look-a here Huck, look-a here
Look-a here Huck, look-a here

Do you wanna come to dinner?
Do you wanna be a winner? (Do your readin', Huck)
Do you wanna think it over?
Do you wanna be a loafer? (Do your writin', Huck)
Do you wanna come to dinner?
Do you wanna be a winner? (Do ya wanna)
Do you wanna think it over? (Be a fella)
Do you wanna be a loafer? (Like ya oughta be?)

(Do ya wanna go to Heaven?)
You may think that the whole thing is silly
But it isn't silly really and I'll tell ya right now
If you don't learn to read then you can't read your bible
And you'll never get to Heaven 'cause you won't know how
'Cause you won't know how
'Cause you won't know how

Hey, hey, ain't the situation
Concernin' education
Aggrivatin' and how?
Hey, hey, you wanna go to Heaven?
Do ya wanna go to Heaven
If you don't go to Hell?
Do you wanna go to Heaven?
Do you wanna go to Heaven?
Well you better do your readin'
And you better read your bible
Do ya wanna go to Heaven
If you don't go to Hell?