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Introdução:
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The children sat around her with their eyes so open wide
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Waiting for the lesson to begin
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They were happy, just to be at school, eager to learn and make new friends
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She told the class her name was Miranda
verse 2
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And what will happen to them she thought as they grow up and they learn not from her
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But learn hard lessons from life itself
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And this was her only chance to help them off to a very good start.
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That?s what she loved about being a teacher
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verse 3
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She brought flowers to brighten up the room and they were working their magic
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and the sun was shining on a London autumn day
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They were happy and excited with their lovely new teacher
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And things to look forward to in the year ahead
verse 4
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I?m going to tell you about some things show you how to do some things but
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Mostly I want to show you how to learn
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You can find out what you want to know and how to feel good about yourselves
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That?s what she loved about being a teacher
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Verse 5
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We?ll read lots of stories and you?ll be reading your own books too and when the
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Work is done you can all go out to play
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Every day is special and so are those who care for you but you
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Always need to look after yourselves
Verse 6
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And understand there?s no one else like you or more or less important than you and
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You will grow a bit stronger every day
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But if things go wrong and you don?t feel right you can always come and talk to me that?s
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What she loved about being a teacher
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Verse 7
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Miranda talked to the children and listened to what they all had to say as the
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Days and weeks of school went on
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To them the future was tomorrow and the past just yesterday the old
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Days weren?t the best days to them
Verse 8
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What they had was what they had the world was what it was
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She was learning too and loved that about being a teacher
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She was learning too and loved that about being a teacher
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She was learning too and loved that about being a teacher
Outro
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