The formal language of a hymn collides with students' impatience and uncertainty. The sheet credits John B. Dykes's Eternal Father, Strong to Save as the tune and Lehrer as the writer of these words. Both six-line stanzas are complete. The dashed school-name slot in the last line is present in the source; no school name has been invented to fill it.
To whom it may concern we pray
That we'll get out of here some day.
O Thou, our awesome chaperone,
Who can't leave well enough alone,
Give us a break, we beg of Thee,
Or better yet, just let us be.
If Thou canst hear us, that's just swell.
Sometimes it's really hard to tell.
Perhaps we'll never see Thy face,
But we'll keep praying just in case,
Until the day we say goodbye,
Released at last from --------- High.