this is what my history teacher said this is what my history teacher said he said: kingdoms fall and kingdoms rise in the end there is no surprise there has never been a war that hasn't been fought before so if you find my teacher in this town if you find my teacher in this town tell him that his work is done I don't need him from now on I won't find a way and one day I will have a daughter who'll say I was better better as a father better than before one day I'll come back again to you one day I'll come back again to you I'm a story as old as Bethlehem I'm dusted off, I'm told again gone from land to land passed from hand to hand and one day I will have a daughter who'll say I was better better as a father better than before and one day I will have a daughter who'll say I was better better as a father better than before