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Spartan Education

from "A Public Thing" (2022) by Jay Gavan

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lyrics

There’s no time in our public lives for frivolity
In Sparta we will educate ya!
Your training shall commence at seven
Come and learn why your parents made ya
So let’s begin...

(Forget physics)
From the barracks, to the fields
You’ll learn how to wield both spear and shield
(And economics)
We’ve got our helots, slaves, poor knaves, we act like they’re depraved
(Forget anatomy)
There’s just blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile
(Sex education…)
Can you underwhelm, brag a lot, and begat lots of males?

You’ll be fine, You’ll be fine
A four chord song works every time (shoo-be-doo-be-wah)
You’ll be fine, Stand By Me and
Happiness will be a Blue Moon (shoo-be-doo-be-doo-be)
Fine, Fine, and when the vultures circle over you...
Just close your eyes

(Forget math)
Two plus two equals dragon
It’ll make more sense when you get to the bottom of your flagon
(Forget your history)
Mythology is much better - glory and fame, not gore and shame
(Forget literature)
It’s all Greek to me anyhow
(Forget philosophy...)
Where you’re going there’s no need to think with sophistry

You’ll be fine (Apollo), You’ll be fine (Apollo)
This familiar song should ease your mind
You’ll be fine, Earth Angels Beyond the Sea Sleepwalk in your mind
You’ll be fine, and when Apollo plays his lyre for you...
Just close your eyes

(Don’t forget the Gods)
When the flutes play and the dust is blinding and the phalanx closes in
(Don’t forget the Gods)
When your horsehair helmet falls to the ground and gets bashed in
(Don’t forget the Gods)
You’ll need someone’s name to scream out as your blood spills out on the battle plain
(Don’t forget the Gods)
You’ll ask them to explain why you’ve been slain
(Don’t forget the Gods)
And that’s where you’ll finally understand the word “expendability”
(Don’t forget the Gods)
Your parents were smart to shield you from the academy
(Don’t forget the Gods)
And now, young man...you’re educated
(Don’t forget the Gods)
Have some wine it’ll keep you in line and sated
(Don’t forget the Gods)
Just Don’t forget the Gods!!

Fine, You’ll be fine
Let a four chord song assuage your mind
You’ll be fine, in a Chain Gang In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
You gotta Let It Be!
And when the vultures circle over you...
Just close your eyes

(explosion sounds were fireworks in the background as I was recording in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood on July 4th, 2021)

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from "A Public Thing" (2022), track released February 15, 2022

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Jay Gavan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jay Gavan is a musician, songwriter and history teacher who occasionally combines all three, as he does on his latest self-produced album, "A Public Thing" (2022)

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Feb 15, 2022

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