If my ears are long, it's because an idiot One day had fun, so shoot it If my fingers have no nails, it's because an idiot One day had fun, so hit it Excuse me, sir, the teacher If I don't know my lessons by heart If I stand up, right at the bottom of the class It's because I don't like to do things halfway If I stand up, right at the bottom of the class It's because someone else in my place is always the first Excuse me, sir, the teacher If I always have ideas elsewhere If the pages are white from my poor notebooks It's because there are too many branches in the trees of the forests And if I like the branches, if I like the forest It's because you defended me from climbing Excuse me, sir, the teacher If I know the birds by heart If when you make the call, I answer you absent It's because I lost to laugh yet I looked for it everywhere, through a thousand fields I lost my way, I'll come back tomorrow Excuse me, sir, the teacher If I don't know anything by heart If my ears are long, it's because an idiot One day had fun, so hit it If my fingers have no nails, it's because an idiot One day had fun, so hit it If my ears are long, it's because an idiot One day had fun, so hit it If my fingers have no nails, it's because an idiot