Escrita por Roger Hodgson e Rick Davies, foi gravada entre fevereiro e junho de 1974 e lançada no disco Crime of the Century, o terceiro da banda, em 13 de setembro de 1974. Hodgson disse que School era dele, mas admite que Davies escreveu o solo de piano e uma parte da letra. Rick Davies cantou e fez backing vocals, tocou piano elétrico Wurlitzer, orgão Hammond, gaita e Sintetizador Moog. Roger Hodgson cantou e fez backing vocals. Tocou guitarra e violão de doze cordas. John Anthony Helliwell tocou sax. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. Bob Siebenberg tocou bateria e percussão.
A letra:
I
can see you in the morning when you go to school
Don't forget your
books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule,
Teacher tells
you stop your play and get on with your work
And be like
Johnnie-too-good, well don't you know he never shirks
He's coming
along
After school is over
you're playing in the park
Don't be out too late, don't let it get
too dark
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's
about
And grow up just like them, won't you let it work it out
And
you're full of doubt
Don't do this and don't
do that
What are they trying to do?
Make a good boy of you
Do
they know where it's at?
Don't criticize,
they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to
Don't want the
devil to
Come out and put your eyes
Maybe I'm mistaken
expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong
from right
But while I am still living, I've just got this to
say
It's always up to you if you want to be that
Want to see
that want to see that way
You're coming along
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