All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside my Korean apartment door
I just gotta hail a taxi, and then I'll say goodbye
The dawn is breakin', it's early morn
The taxi's comin', and he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so happy I could jump for joy
Your kids hated English and disrespected me
When I told 'em to do their work,
they told me they'd do no such thing
So now I'm showing you who's really the boss of me
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I know I'll never, ever, EVER be back again
Oh, man, it's so great to go
There's so many times your kids let me down
So many times they just played around
To them an English teacher doesn't mean a thing
Every place I go, it quickly gets old
Every thing I buy flattens my billfold
When I come back I'll be 101
Your kids hated English and disrespected me
When I told 'em to do their work,
they told me they'd do no such thing
So now I'm showing you who's really the boss of me
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I know I'll never, ever, EVER be back again
Oh, man, it's so great to go
Soon I'll be leavin' Korean airspace
There's a big ol' smile across my face
I can now close my eyes and head for Gimhae airport
Dream about the days and all my likes
Now that I don't have to teach your bratty tykes
I wouldn't wish your kids on my very worst enemy...
Your kids hated English and disrespected me
When I told 'em to work,
they told me they'd do no such thing
So now I'm showing you who's really the boss of me
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I know I'll never, ever, EVER be back again
Oh, man, it's so great to go
And I'm leaving on a jet plane
I know I'll never, ever, EVER be back again
Oh, man, it's so great to go
Now I'm leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Plane ticket bought using my very own greenbacks
To come to this place without
first checkin' all the facts
I saw no toilet paper in the bathroom space
Never really knowing I was always losing face
I stopped my world to come teach you
I've seen no difference
You will always hate English all the time
There's no homework I'd give you'd actually do
I stopped my world
I stopped my world to come teach you
I dream of better kids
the kind that aren't always late
Maybe I'm livin' in an imaginary state
I made a pilgrimage to save this Thailand race
But now I know it's a race that's long gone bye
I stopped my world
I stopped my world to come teach you
I've seen no difference
You will always hate English all the time
There's no homework I'd give you'd actually do
I stopped my world
I stopped my world to come teach you
The Thai mind is closed shut tight
humm humm humm
humm humm humm humm
humm humm humm
humm humm humm humm
I stopped my world to come teach you
I've seen no difference
You will always hate English all the time
There's no homework I'd give you'd actually do
I stopped my world
I stopped my world to come teach you
I stopped my world to come teach you, yeah
I stopped my world to come teach you
I stopped my world to come teach you, yeah
Now I'll have that song once again welded to my brain for the next YEAR!
arrgggHHH
Once there was this white dude who
Got a burr and off to Bangkok he flew
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from brown to bright white
He said that it was from when
The Thai kids didn't give a crap
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go with the folks for the proper visa
But when they finally made her
They saw she really had a fake degree
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just accepted it
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
But both girl and dude were glad
'Cause one teacher had it worse than that
'Cause then there was this teacher whose
Director made him act like bozo right after school
And when they went to their canteen
The food made him barf all over the floor
The director couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm