The Graduate Lyrics

I stand in the crowd as a new conferee

It took me five years for a four-year degree

Heading out in the world, I guess I'll get

A high-paying job and then my Corvette

Rez posted online, that's where to begin

I'll wait while high-paying offers pour in

The offers don't come, I find no placement

I'm stuck living here in my mom's basement

She makes me do chores, I hate enslavement

I guess it's now time to pound some pavement

I tried the whole morning, finally I see

One small business owner, please hire me

The boss laughs at me, no apology

And my degree in sociology

What can you do? He asks pointedly

I couldn't work there, he was so mean to me

I have value, I know, let me be clear

Teachers, they told me so, year after year

On the tube, the impropriety

They call me a drain on society

Online, I go and I order a mask

I'll go and I protest, take them to task

I go to my campus, the walls to deface

Show I have value by trashing the place

I stand in the crowd as a new conferee

It took me five years for a four-year degree

Heading out in the world, I guess I'll get

A high-paying job and then my Corvette

Rez posted online, that's where to begin

I'll wait while high-paying offers pour in

The offers don't come, I find no placement

I'm stuck living here in my mom's basement

She makes me do chores, I hate enslavement

I guess it's now time to pound the pavement

I try the whole morning, finally I see

One small business owner, please hire me

The boss laughs at me, no apology

And my degree in sociology

What can you do? He asks pointedly

I couldn't work there, he was so mean to me

I have value, I know, let me be clear

Teachers, they told me so, year after year

On the tube, oh the impropriety

They call me a drain on society

Online I go, and I order a mask

I'll go and I'll protest, take them to task

I go to my campus, the walls to deface

Show I have value by trashing the place