It's a Rebbe's Life

I see him at the cheder

I see him all the time

And even when I leave him

Can't get him off my mind

אוי כי הם חיינו

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life

The times that he's successful

The times I watch him fail

The learning and the struggle

The nachas and the pain

אוי כי הם חיינו

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life

I've tried rewards and prizes

And the wisest of advisors

Just to find out what he needs

For Yankele ben Gittel

Let me say one more kappitel

Gonna pray that he'll succeed

Cuz it's a rebbe's life

We understand

We've got the future of the world in our hands (the future of the world in our hands)

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see

Yes, it's a rebbe's life

We know every child

Has got a spark of something special inside

And the Torah we teach

Is a flame that will reach

Every heart and soul

For generations to be

So many years later

I've left it all behind

But Yankele in cheder

Will sometimes cross my mind

אוי כי הם חיינו

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life

Then I attend a dinner

I meet the honoree

I say, "You look familiar"

And Yankel says "It's me!"

אוי כי הם חיינו

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life

My Yankel's dedicated

To assisting kids in cheder

For whom learning's really tough

He says "Rebbe I can guide 'em

Cuz I see the good inside 'em

And it's all because your love"

Cuz it's a rebbe's life

We understand

We've got the future of the world in our hands (the future of the world in our hands)

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see

Yes, it's a rebbe's life

We know every child

Has got a spark of something special inside

And the Torah we teach

Is a flame that will reach

Every heart and soul

For generations to be

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Cuz it's a rebbe's life

We understand

We've got the future of the world in our hands

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see

Yes, it's a rebbe's life

We know every child

Has got a spark of something special inside

And the Torah we teach

Is a flame that will reach

Every heart and soul

For generations to be

Ohh for generations to be

Uhhh cuz it's a rebbe's life

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Yankel

Send me a postcard sometime