When my old teacher tries to put me down
And says "we've got a test!"
I know that right away
I better start on planning
All of my sick days now
So I can stay home and rest
(Hey, hey, stay home today, just take a break!)

So play hooky from school
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you wanna decide to be sick
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school, now
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you've got a quiz
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough)

I got a calendar planner
With "SICK DAYS" scrawled on front,
I use when I wanna slack
I always use it now
When my teachers see,
I say "it isn't from me"
That I found it in the trash

So play hooky from school
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you wanna decide to be sick
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school, now
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you've got a quiz
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school
(Doin' it again! Doin' it again! You're fakin'! You're fakin'!)

(Cough cough cough cough cough)
Come Friday I will show up at my school for once
And I'll be ready to lie
To the principal
The girls and guys will be wonderin' where I've been
I say "Man, I almost died!"

So play hooky from school
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you wanna decide to be sick
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school, now
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
When you've got a quiz
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough!)
Play hooky from school
(Cough, and hack, cough and hack, hack, HACK!)

(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough)
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough)
(Cough, cough, cough, cough, hack and cough)