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Music: Bill Withers; Lyrics: Bruce Hale
 * LEAN ON ME – Libraries Matter**

Sometimes in our schools, things can get bad Things can get hairy But if we stay cool, we’ll find a place In the library

Read with me, help me along ‘Cause you are the ones All teachers lean on Now we must stay strong, ‘cause Libraries need somebody to lean on

New Kindles and Nooks Movies and books And all things Dewey… That’s what you will find, but to my mind Something is screwy

They just chop off your budget And tell you to cope And that makes it harder to read on ‘Cause you can’t fill a bookshelf With moonbeams and hope And kids won’t get smarter If they don’t read on

Research queen, Internet king Technical whiz – that’s a librarian But, with all these things Half of your school Still calls you Marion.

So just shush all the big wigs Who drive you to drink ‘Cause they make it harder to read on And it seems they’ve forgotten Who taught them to think Still you just work smarter and read on

Go, tell all the world Things may be bad; they could be badder But not while you’re here ‘Cause it’s so clear Libraries matter

They matter (x6) (Sing it out now) Matter (Tell the governor) Matter (Tell the world, now) They matter.