School of Hard Knocks is a short that featured from the episodes Hard, Easy, Change and Hard, Work, Bump from the 2nd season of A Little Curious.
Summary[]
Doris sings about how she went to the School of Hard Knocks, and opens herself to a younger self singing with two other doors.
Lyrics to the Song[]
Doris: Didn't have it easy, didn't go to a fancy schmancy school, I grew up on a doorstep, but I'm nobody's fool. I learned things the hard way, but I learned them good. I learned it all right here, (Opens herself to a younger version of herself with two other doors in a neighborhood) in the neighborhood. At the school of hard knocks, we didn't play with blocks.
Backup singers: No!
Doris: We learned about creaks and squeaks and slams, and.. (Newspapers hit them) bumps! At the school of hard knocks, you've learned how to take your lumps.
Backup singers: Yeah!
Doris: Folks all always trampling through me with their muddy shoes. (The Shoe Family exit) They're messing up my paint job, (Plush comes and rubs his paw on her) giving me the blues! Pounding on my knocker, ringing my bell, that's the life of a door, the life I learned so well!
(Cut back to her younger self)
At the school of hard knocks, better pull up your socks!
Backup singers: Yeah!
Doris: We learned about creaks and squeaks and slams, and.. (Newspapers hit them) bumps! At the school of hard knocks, you've learned how to take your lumps.
Backup singers: Yeah!
Doris: You should see all the junk mail I get every day. You'd need a dump truck just to haul it all away! Did I mention the rusty hinges, the broken locks? That's today's lesson, at the school of hard knocks!
(Cut back to her younger self)
At the school of hard knocks, been around a lot of blocks.
Backup singers: Woah!
Doris: We learned about creaks and squeaks and slams, and.. (Newspapers hit them) bumps! At the school of hard knocks, you've learned how to take your lumps!
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