Capo 3rd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
At Humboldt State University
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
And I never paid it and I'm still not gonna.
I never got my report card
And I didn't go to class and I didn't work hard
So I didn't wanna know how bad I did
But I know I never made the dean's list.
Chorus
And college is a waste of time
If you wanna be a baker or a candlestick maker
You still have to wait in line
At the bank drive through and the train tracks too
Behind people like me with no degree
'Cause I know the conductor and he knows me
You might have a nicer car, but I've traveled pretty far
And all I have is an old guitar
Bridge
Verse
Forty bucks for a bag of weed
In the summer nineteen ninety three
Forty dollars is all I have
And it isn't mine, it belongs to my parents.
Oh, five hundred points for a roll of cookie dough
In the cafeteria they've got sloppy joes
And the sloppy joes cost three points
I won't eat in the spring but hey, cookie dough.
Chorus
And college is a waste of time
If you wanna be a diver or a big rig driver.
You still have to go to the store
And share the road with a wide load
Who's taking up all three lanes
And you can't get around him it's a big pain
And the driver hasn't slept in three whole days
But he knows one thing and that's freeways.
He's got a Gatorade bottle where he goes pee
And you're behind him with your college degree.
Final verse:
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
At Humboldt State University
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
And I never paid it and I'm still not gonna.