Manus Secondary School

Verse 1

​[Trio in parts]

I live in Lorengau town, I go to school at Manus Secondary School

I studied and worked but I didn't get an offer letter to go to college.

When the time came to get the offer letter, I sat down and thought about killing myself.

I tried my best, but I didn't do education.

​Chorus 1

​[Choir in parts, Call and response]

I think school is nothing.

I’m really struggling, but I’m back in town.

Frustrated, I have nowhere to go

I’m worried, and I’m just thinking about me

I'm worried, and I'm sorry. Time to go to school.

​Verse 2

​[Trio in parts]

When I went to the village, people didn't recognize me

I'm a city kid, I don't have a head

If I go to the village, people kick me out

​Chorus 2

​[Choir in parts, Call and response]

The best days I spent in town, with my parents

Now that they’re gone, I think the village is part of me

But life in the city was not good, and in the countryside I was poor

I’m worried, and I’m just thinking about me

I'm worried, and I'm sorry.

​Chorus 3

​[Choir, Trio, and Call and response]

Why did you leave me in town?

The people in the village poor me and I cry for me.

I’m sitting there with tears in my eyes

I'm worried, and I'm thinking about me

I’m worried, and I just feel sorry for me.

​Outro

​[Duet in parts, Call and response]

I'll find another way to go to school.

Life is no easier. I have come to realize that education

​The transition from the Trio in the verses to the full Choir in the choruses will give this song a really grand, emotional build.

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