To the class where I did sleep
Came a man to tame us brutes
When he ran away he'd weep
That's the life of substitutes
First we hailed him with some laughs
And a smelly bean salute
We might be a bunch of raffs
But we're breaking substitutes

They're all leaving, they're yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes
We're all breaking the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes

And our friends all want on board
And a lot of them sits next door
When the band begins to hunt

(The sound of running feet, a lot of running feet, down a hallway)

See them running, the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes
We're unmanning the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes

(The sound of a big brawl and pleads of mercy)

As we scare them we are mean
Everyone of them seeks to commute
Soul is blue ‘n' face is green
On a yellow substitute

We're a-breasting the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes

We're molesting the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes

We're infesting the yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes

In-peace-resting now yellow substitutes
Yellow substitutes, yellow substitutes