Try your best and make the list of "who's who"
So it's likely you'll succeed
To get the right vocation you need
Proper education and degrees
By the way! Here's another fee you
Gotta pay all the kids have been
Enlisted don't look now you're sick
And twisted like them
Right now!

Politely take your freedom
When you say "tell me what to do"
Thought dad had all the answers
Now he's scraping for some food
He's restless and he's weary,
Mom is never in the mood
One step to retiring,
Till rent is due Uh Oh!

Do your part and make your mark
And credit cards will keep you looking sharp
Your mouting debt's a credit check
That's overlooked and better left forgot
By the way! Here's another fee you
Gotta pay all the kids have been
Enlisted don't look now you're sick
And twisted like them
Right now!

Politely take your freedom
When you say "tell me what to do"
Thought dad had all the answers
Now he's scraping for some food
He's restless and he's weary,
Mom is never in the mood
One step to retiring,
Till rent is due Uh Oh!

Go where they go do as you're told
Cause they say it's so
Yeah but you don't know
Why the old folks cry when they bitch and moan

Politely take your freedom
When you say "tell me what to do"
Thought dad had all the answers
Now he's scraping for some food
He's restless and he's weary,
Mom is never in the mood
One step to retiring,
Till rent is due Uh Oh!