The final track of Beyond Hell, “School’s Out” is a cover of the iconic Alice Cooper song of the same name with some altered lyrics.
“School’s Out” was recorded at the request of GWAR’s record label at the time, the now-defunct DRT Entertainment. The executives at DRT wanted a more “accessible” lea...
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[Verse 1]
Well, we've got no choice
All the girls and boys
Making all the noise
Cause they found new toys
Well, we can't salute you
Can't find a flag
If that don't suit you
That's a drag
[Chorus]
School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces
Yeah!
No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's
Dirty looks
[Solo]
[Verse 2]
Well, we've got no class
And we've got no principals
And we've got no metal detectors
We can't even smoke in the parking lot!
[Chorus]
School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out completely
No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's
Dirty looks
Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not come
Back at all!
[Chorus]
(School's out for summer) School's out for summer, kiddies
(School's out forever) I never went to school
(School's out for summer) If I did, I would've majored in killing
(School's out with fever) If I did, I would've majored in you
School is out for summer
School is out...
Completely
School’s Out was written by Neal Smith & Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce & Dennis Dunaway & Alice Cooper & GWAR.
School’s Out was produced by Devin Townsend & Cory Smoot.
GWAR released School’s Out on Wed Jun 07 2006.
When asked about “School’s Out” in an August 2006 interview with Ultimate-Guitar, lead guitarist Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus) said:
The “School’s Out” idea was actually a management idea. We sat down and had a meeting, and our label rep just told us, “You guys are growing pretty fast. The kids are...