Name: The Plight of the Collegiate
Duration: P00H04M48S
Description: This song is simply an honest outpouring of my view of the summer (and life) of university students today.

The Plight of the Collegiate

from Hiram's Broodings by Hiram Brood

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This song is simply an honest outpouring of my view of the summer (and life) of university students today.

lyrics

Welcome to the summer, friend.
Freshman year is at an end
but I miss the way things used to be.

No longer are your summer's free,
or any time spent on tire swings,
There's no time for,
no time for,
there's no time for
no time for childish things

Jobs and bills and extra classes
Government funding increases your taxes
welcome to the robotic masses,
the university-working-class of America.

We all have our aspirations,
but the economy seeps with intimidation,
It's the educational inflation,
The college industry's operation.

So just enjoy the little things in your existence,
planning for the big things will be met with resistance

Good luck with your scholarships,
If you don't play sports, you will get gipped.
Good luck with your federal aid,
Hope you're skin's different or you won't get paid.
Good luck with finding your job,
Your degree means nothing when Bob knows Rob.
the CEO, of a major corporation,
but doesn't care about your skill in your vocation.

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from Hiram's Broodings, released June 1, 2010
Thanks to my new banjo, and for my sister lending me her flute and teaching me some notes so that I could play the snazzy outro.

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