(To the tune of “The Gambler”pay by Kenny Rogers)

On a cool Sunday morning,

In a workshop filled with people

This person to my left

Looked like she would start to weep

She stared and seemed to know me

Passing me the handouts

As I touched it with my hand

She just started to speak

 

She said, I give my life to my school

It has a very important mission.

The kids are well-deserving

An experience to change their life.

But I am sitting at the table

With fewer full-pay people

The school says we need more

They made it my strife

 

So if, you don’t mind me asking,

Can you give me some pointers

Point me in the right direction

Please give some advice.

 

I said it’s not your goal

Perhaps the smaller market

But if you want to make a difference

Remove, the school-centric light.

If not, you gotta

 

Chorus

Know when to hold them,

Know when to fold them,

Know when to walk away,

Know when to run,

You always count your full-pay,

When you’re sitting at the table.

Will the School support your efforts,

Or the dealing is done.

 

Every marketer knows

That the secret to surviving

Knowin’ what the parents want.

Knowin’ what they believe

 

Not all tactics are winners,

Not all tactics are losers,

But if you’ll solve their problems

It’s your school they will seek.

 

I’ll give you the rub, friend

You’ll have to have some Aces

Support from the teachers,

A program that’s worth their dime,

And somewhere among it all

You’ll need a very good leader,

Pushing for your cause, Saying

High quality all the time,

If not, you gotta

 

Chorus

Know when to hold ‘em,

Know when to fold ‘em,

Know when to walk away,

Know when to run,

You always count your full-pay,

When you’re sitting at the table.

Will the School support your efforts,

Or the dealing is done.

 

Know when to hold them,

Know when to fold them,

Know when to walk away,

Know when to run,

You always count your full-pay,

When you’re sitting at the table.

Will the School support your efforts,

Or the dealing is done.

Know when to hold them,

Know when to fold them,

Know when to walk away,

Know when to run,

You always count your full-pay,

When you’re sitting at the table.

Will the School support your efforts,

Or the dealing is done.