"Four Years of College" (Parody of "Sixteen Tons" by Ben Grosscup)

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Song-writer: Ben Grosscup
Performed by Ben Grosscup on February 20, 2016 in New York City at People's Voice Cafe.
To the tune of “Sixteen Tons”
Lyrics by Ben Grosscup with Ferd Wulkan
Some people say you gotta get a degree
And after four years, you have to pay back the fees.
Now I’m paying my fees, out on my own
How’m I ever gonna pay back my student loans?
You go four years of college, and what do you get?
Another diploma and a mountain of debt.
Saint Peter, don’t you call me, ‘cause I must stay -
I owe my soul to Sallie Mae.
I borrowed for school so I could get smart,
I studied my books and I did my part.
I took a full load of English and biology,
And then I got a job serving coffee and tea.
Chorus
The collector kept callin', and he taunted and lied,
But I couldn’t pay no matter how much I tried.
I owed so much, it felt like a joke
To pay back my loans I’d forever be broke.
Chorus
Now they garnish my wages, and the courts decree
The debt follows you even after bankruptcy
Who will carry my burden when I’m dead and gone?
For my student debt will still live on
Chorus
Dreams can wither from neglect and delay
Working jobs that you hate for a debt you can’t pay
But if everyone whose worn the cap and gown
Stopped paying our debt, we’d take Sallie Mae down!
Then for four years of college, what could you get?
Besides all that knowledge that you’ll forget.
How ‘bout a better world for you and for me
Where higher education’s universal and free
Where higher education is universal and free

[@justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456]

16 tons parodies are underrated

[@PamelaHawkins-nc4sk]

Tennessee Ernie Ford did a great version of 16 Tons.

[@linkonko4]

I WILL MAKE SURE PEOPLE SEE THIS !!!

[@rolanddoby1456]

should post this to south park lol

[@flintfrey7098]

well welcome to austria i guess