Even Ed. "Reformers" Gotta Serve Somebody

Based on the song by Bob Dylan...

You may be head of Kipps or Success Academies
You may counsel out kids and keep entry fees
You may have a padded cell to suspend kids with habits
You may be Joel Klein with a stash of Amplify tablets

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

You might be a computer geek, making millions of bucks
You might give grants and stipends for curriculum that sucks
You may be a hedge-fund manager or even a diva
They may call you Bee Eater or they may call you Eva

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

You may be a state regent, you might be John B. King
You may set the cut scores to really, really sting
You may teach kids the Core, you may teach kids to fail
You may spare your kids in private school before sending them onto Yale

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

You may be Mister Dave Coleman, crafting a Common Core
You may be Secretary Arne Duncan, showing moms the door
You might own Pearson, you might own some school
You might be a super genius, you might be a plain old fool

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

You may be a teacher trying to do your work
You may be an oath-swearing Union rep, looking for a perk
You may know how to do what you're told, you may know how to rubber stamp
You may be an AFT president, you may be a tramp

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

Might like to wear medals, might like to wear strings
Might like to fly high, might like to clip your wings
You might like your tenure, you might like to fire ATRs
You may like helping kids, you may like exploding S-T-ARS

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

You may call me Mrs., you may call me Teacher
You may call me Mommy, you may call me Creature
You may call me Arwen, you may call me Dear
You may call me anything but no matter what I hear

You’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody