Act I – Scene 6
Another Brick in the Wall Pt. II
(EDWARD enters the classroom as the background vocals are still heard. The students are still in their seats. EDWARD smacks a student with a paddle, and the student screams. PRE-TEEN PINK stands up in the student's defense.)
PRE-TEEN PINK:
We don't need no education!
We don't need no thought control!
No dark sarcasms in the classroom!
Teacher, leave them kids alone!
(He moves over to EDWARD and pushes him away from the student.)
With STUDENTS:
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
PRE-TEEN PINK:
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.
(The desks are taken off. More students come in, of all ages and sizes. The march in a line. More teachers enter and try to deal with the students along with EDWARD. The students move into two lines. Facing towards the audience.)
EDWARD: Wrong! Do it again!
STUDENTS:
We don't need no education!
EDWARD (to a student): If ya don't eat your meat, ya can't have any pudding!
STUDENTS:
We don't need no thought control!
EDWARD: How can ya have any pudding if ya don't eat your meat?
STUDENTS:
No dark sarcasms in the classroom!
EDWARD: Poems, everybody!
STUDENTS:
Teachers leave those kids alone!
EDWARD (to another student): And you! You behind the bike sheds! Stand still, laddie!
STUDENTS:
Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall!
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall!
(A guitar riff begins to play as a large [fake] meat mincer is brought partly on stage. The students begin to march offstage as the meat mincer squirts out pink Styrofoam noodles. More bricks are added to the wall on far upstage right. Exit EDWARD and the other teachers. The machine is brought offstage.)