Straight A's In Love
(Johnny Cash)

Well, reading and writing and the rest of the check
They would not get through to me
It ain't because I'm square or thick
'Cause I learned my ABC
But when I graduated from my grammar school
And I moved one grade above
I began to be a (...)
But I made straight A's in love

Now the teacher would say to learn your algebrae
But I'd bring home C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swinging maid
On the left, and on the right, and in the back and the front of me?
All my grades are low on my card I know
But they ought to give me one above
If they'd given me a mark for learning in the dark
I'd have straight A's in love

Now in my senior year with graduation near
I did my homework in the night
And when my mama said I ought to got to bed
I turned out all the lights
But my sweetie pie was waiting right outside
She'd be cooing like a dove
So I did my best, I failed some master test
But made straight A's in love

Now the teacher would say to learn your algebrae
But I'd bring home C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swinging maid
On the left, and on the right, and in the back and the front of me?
All my grades are low on my card I know
But they ought to give me one above
If they'd given me a mark for learning in the dark
I'd have straight A's in love