Barenaked Ladies - Grade 9 lyrics

Hooray for Tom

B.R. Hornsby

Will it really help me to learn

About Frederick the Great and when Rome burned?

Wish they'd skip over me when it's my turn

All this useless information so I can talk way above my station

And I lost when I couldn't spell "Congratulations"

Well, Hooray, Hooray for Tom

Who won the spelling bee

Spelled the difficult words so right

And now he's on TV.

Oh Hooray, Hooray for Tom

He's up there for all to see

And I hope someday they'll say hooray for me.

Teach me long division

So I can figure out baseball stats

Batting average, fielding percentage and all that

Well I learned more at home OK

Learned how to scrap, learned some funny things to say

And I lost when I spelled "B-A-N-A-N-A-N-A".

Well, Hooray, Hooray for Tom

Who won the spelling bee

Spelled the difficult words so right

And now he's on TV.

Hooray, Hooray for Tom

He's up there for all to see

And I hope someday they'll say hooray for me.

Hooray, Hooray for Tom

Who won the old spelling bee

Spelled the difficult words so right

Spelled the crepuscule so right

And now he's on TV.

Hooray, Hooray for Tom

He's up there for all to see

And I hope someday they'll say hooray

Hope someday they'll say hooray

Well I hope someday they'll say hooray for me.