Women sewed the stars and stripes   And the men, they fought the wars   The children learned arithmetic   And everyone was poor      Young man was the hero of the day   Long long hours, short short pay      Lesson I learned in history book, now   It's not what they told me   Folk lore, folk lore, folk lore   Your momma never told you      Now the women scream for equal rights   Their man wants to have an affair   Children learn to hate the world   And no one seems to care      Now the kids play vids instead   Their heroes are living on wonder bread      Lesson I learned in history book, now   It's not what they told me   Folk lore, folk lore, folk lore   Your momma never told you that      Some things never change   Some things stay the same   Some things rearranged   One thing I know for sure, your heroes always die