Title: The Ballad of Brenda Spencer
Author: Bob Black
Topic: poetry
Date: 1979
Source: http://www.inspiracy.com/black/abolition/spencer.html
Mirror of: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bob-black-the-ballad-of-brenda-spencer.muse

Bob Black

The Ballad of Brenda Spencer

Monday morning, just another day
Doing everything the teachers say
Brenda’s tired of doing what she’s told
Tired of being young and feeling old
Brenda Spencer hasn’t lost her pride
She gets off on pedagogicide!
Hear what Brenda’s got to say
“Sniping livens up my day.
I don’t like Mondays anyway!”
Brenda’s tired of following the rules
Tired of sucking up to evil fools
Little did the grown-ups realize
Brenda’s gonna cut them down to size!
Rather than behave herself today
Brenda blew the principal away!
Six long hours, half a day
Brenda held the pigs at bay
Wanna know the reason why?
Brenda’d rather kill than die
All the experts say that Brenda’s sick
They get paid to pull that dirty trick
Teachers, don’t tell Brenda what to do
She knows how to deal with scum like you
Ah! the gladness, sadness, madness, fun
Growing from the barrel of her gun!
Monday morning, just another day
Doing everything the teachers say
Brenda’s tired of doing what she’s told
Tired of being young and feeling old
Brenda Spencer hasn’t lost her pride
She gets off on pedagogicide!