[vocalist 1]
Don't want anything that I should learn
Just to get my H.S.C (C)
Don't want any advise that you give me
Keep opinions to yourself

[vocalist 2 & backing]
You seem to hate my ways, but yours aren't easier
Got me wishing, I'm going out the gate
A smile won't do, this uniform's not new
And I promise I'll be leaving soon

[group]
I need a way out
I wish that you could help me out on that, too
I want a way out
That won't jeopardise my career chances

[vocalist 1]
Don't need thicker lines of hate
When life hasn't even begun
Don't need anybody picking at me
Just as I enter the grounds

[vocalist 2 & backing]
You seem to hate my ways, but yours aren't easier
Got me wishing, I'm going out the gate
A smile won't do, this uniform's not new
And I promise I'll be leaving soon

[group]
I need a way out
I wish that you could help me out on that, too
I want a way out
That won't jeopardise my career chances

I need a way out
I wish that you could help me out on that, too
I want a way out
That won't jeopardise my career chances

[vocalist 3 & backing]
Oh, unbelievable, that's what I want from life
But I found happiness is out of the question

[vocalist 1, 2, 3]
Department of Education, they all want us to suffer
Education department, they don't feel the pressure
Education department, they all want us to suffer
Education department, they don't feel the pressure

[vocalist 3]
Oh, somebody
Please come save me
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Rescue the one, the one that cries out to you

[group with ad lib from vocalist 3]
I need a way out
I wish that you could help me out on that, too
I want a way out
That won't jeopardise my career chances

[fades]