the sound of the life of the mind

apehead's brother wants to beat up paul, the boys have gone to watch, some of the girls are down at the mall, justine's got cherry cola and scotch, later on it's everyone around to beck's, her parents are away in new york, sara, well, she just can't bear, the stupidity, the boredom, the grind, she stays at school so that she can hear, the sound of the life of the mind, and it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, rosa parks and dna, joan of arc and jfk, but it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, oh, ohh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, she's cut 'em all out of her social circle, won't introduce them to lincoln or frost, doesn't want to let them get to know keats or studs terkel, they'll never know what they have lost, but sara, well, she just can't bear, the stupidity, the boredom, the grind, she stays at school so that she can hear, the sound of the life of the mind, and it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, copernicus and fortune's wheel, plato, mengele and the new deal, and it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, sara already knows pretty soon she'll be leaving, well, she's hoovered up whatever she can find, but she doesn't want to hear about, pregnancies, foam fights, tv, take-outs, have sex, weddings, the sound of the life she'll leave behind, yeah, it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, oh, ohh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh, and it's noisy up there, it rocks me like a mother, oh, ohh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh