From the recording Living in the Corporate U.S.A.
"Debt of a Yale Man" is an alt rock tune with a groovy baseline and a touch of Alice in Chains in the vocals. This is a first person lament about the high cost of education in the US and the incredible debt burden graduates are left with and may never pay off. I have first hand experience with this one....
Lyrics
I thought Stats and Physics were the only things to dread
‘Til I applied to college, it tied a knot inside my head
But what I found was not what I’d expect
Because the cost of living just made my future circumspect
Cheers to scholastic madness
Where loans and debt are prerequisite
Don’t want to sell my soul
For the chance that I may live to not regret it
Wish I was born in Europe where the schools are mostly free
Just want an education don’t need a fuckin’ Ph.D.
But here at home we pay for all the universities
And after all, it’s where Adderall’s not just for ADD
Jeers to scholastic madness
Where loans and debt are prerequisite
Don’t want to sell my soul
For the chance that I may live to not regret it
So I regret if I’m a bit upset to tell you how it is
But I accrue more years of debt with every damn pop-quiz
And in the end it’s cost me more than years developmentally
From all the endless red tape just to get that damn degree
Here’s to all the masses
Whose college life has left them deep in debt
We all sold our souls for the chance
That we may live to repay