Chorus:
Ani mehabeit sefer hayashan
ani lo k'mo kulam kan
ani mehabeit sefer hayashan
aroch muchan umezuman
ani lo echad shene'elam
ani chayav lach'zor lekan...

Hayom babeit sefer yesh male talmidim
vehamorim mehabeit sefer hayashan metim
ein mefakdim rak chayalim yesh hamon
kulam eder anak, aval ein ro'ei tzon
ani mehabeit sefer hayashan
zeh lo sheker
uvdah ani adain kan od im birah nesher
adain oshe rap im hachevreh bagarage
adain zain al haMcDonald
lo bogdim beBurger Ranch
habait hayashan hu levad venaki
ve'anashim chaim al halavan gam im hu lo naki.
Me'efo shebati ulai yesh k'tzat prachim
aval lefachot ha'anashim
she'al haprachim nir'im chaim
megalim lif'amim chochmah vehavanah.
Velo nidfak lahem hamo'ach
biglal l'ko'ach vemanah
Nilchamim al arachim k'mo kavod vekenut
musarim im mesirut ve'od nagi'a lecherut.
Mash'irim chaverim k'rovim ve'oyevim tz'mudim
hayom lo mavdilim bein oy'vim lechaverim
mah mochrim mah bichlal konim?
Mah nihyah? Lo nevater al ha'avar
bishvil mirdaf achrei niyar, ki...

Chorus

Hatziltzulim bebeit sefer hayashan hayu p'shutim
hayom tziltzulim yoter ch'shuvim meshi'urim
vehachomer shenilmad bakitah lo me'anyen
vema'afen; achrei shniyah mesha'amem.
Ki az, what?! Lamorim hayah kavod
ech sheba'u lelamed ha'anashim ratzu lilmod
vetir'u ech morim hayom osim lecha tovah
hayom lelamed zeh lo mitzvah zeh avodah
ein ahavah ein kavod
kulam rotzim shinui
omed lihyot kan anarchiah
zeh chara shel itui
hahashpa'ot zeh talui
kvar halchu shnei dorot
lamah lak'tanim yesh she'eifot, sho'afim lare'ot
azvu et hak'laliot, ani medaber al hashtuyot
migrash hachaniyah nihyah t'tzugat mechoniot
lef'rechot k'tanot shemerimot et hachatzait
k'dei shechatich bamechonit
yochal likot et hachazit
olam nihyah mesumam, kor'im lezeh fanan
lemi yesh BMW, lemi Renault Megan
kulam im kotzim vefrenchiki zakan
velefachot arba me'ot dolar
biliabong shel beged yam
ve'ech lo nim'as lahem lihyot oto davar
k'mo oto pas yetzur she'lo nigmar
omrim hachaim kashim, az sochavim
Alek! kol mah shesochavim zeh et hastartec
aval...

Chorus

Atah vehabeit sefer shelcha zeh amcha
tedaber chazak, shemishehu yiklot otcha
veyirah becha
atem klasim, lomdim ballet osim shpagatim
anachnu mafshitim klei neshek automati
otanu limdu lichyot bishvil milah
lamut bishvil hasheker
laharog bishvil k'lalah
vehash'vil shebacharnu
zeh hash'vil hanachon
goral shel ben adam nimtza beyad halashon
ani, ech shenoladti kvar da'agti la'atid
ech shelamadti ledaber
kvar hayah li mah lehagid
dag katan she'socheh im hak'rishim
rak eizeh yeled mushtan shemistader im hag'dolim
vegam mehadavar hachi katan she'osim lomdim
avru esrim shanim,
veyesh li to'ar bechochmat chaim
tavdil et hatafel, targish et hata'am
babeit sefer hayashan hayah pashut tov k'mo pa'am.