Don t Make Me Go To School - Tammy Wynette

My little girl said Mommy

The school room breaks my heart

Arithmetic reminds me that

You and dad's apart

Subtraction starts me breaking up

'Cause him from us leaves too

And with our home divided

Now I cry a lot in school

Don't make me go to school no more

And cry through every test

I'm so ashamed when children see

The teardrops on my desk

Imagine how you feel to hear

Your child says this to you

Don't make me go to school no more

And make the fifth grade blue

It's hard to see my lessons

The blackboard's one big tear

And when I turn wet papers in

Miss Dickens only stares

So please may I be absent mom

Like daddy is from home

I'd rather fail than face the class

They know my daddy's gone

Don't make me go to school no more

And cry through every test

I'm so ashamed when children see

The teardrops on my desk

Imagine how you feel to hear

Your child says this to you

Don't make me go to school no more

And make the fifth grade blue