Tune: The Girl That I Marry
I live at my Dad’s in a basement pad
‘Cause now I’m no longer an undergrad
McDonald’s pays my way
To so many luxurious things I can’t say
My student loans are a piece of cake
They take three-quarters of what I make
Lest I take off / Or I’m laid off
Only thirty years more and they’re paid off
And then I can marry
No reason to tarry there’ll be.
So Canadian kids will be poor or dumb
Or flee to countries, and there are some
Like Germany, Denmark and Spain
And Sweden and Cuba and Ireland so sane
Where tuition is free just as it should be
If they can do it, then why can’t we?
It’s a given / While they’re livin’
That they can’t make their way when debt-driven
A lousy beginning’s
What student loan living will be.