Squeeze - Top of the Form lyrics

We had PE on Tuesdays And English on Wednesdays School was a prison Where I served my time The teachers all loathed me My attitude fooled them They quite often nailed me To any old crime Life was so different For underachievers Who grew up surviving On scraps they were sent The painters, the singers The being unusual They ducked and they dived Until they were fed Normal Would send me to sleep So I made my escape every day of the week Normal Would not teach me much So I stayed at home and watched Starsky and Hutch I'm top of the form I never read Shakespeare Or understood Latin I lived in a small house With no books at all But there was a record That I kept on playing And I had a suitcase Out in the hall Life was so different Or have I just grown up And turned into someone I feared I would be The teacher who caned me Is now on the inside He's getting me back for my history Normal Would lead me to drink So I moved out and stuck my head in the sink Normal Meant nothing to me But that's just the way It turned out to be I'm top of the form We had fish on Friday Roast on Sunday Salads in summer Fresh from the ground We all peeled potatoes While mum made the crumble My memory savours The love that we found