Liberal Arts

So you found the lock

But not the key that college brings

And all the trouble of a B.A. in English literature

Instead of law or something more practical

You traded all your time for money and the blues

But no trust fund or daddy doctor

What do you have to prove?

.

So you found your joy on Saturdays

With friends and film

Fingering your girlfriend

Your father's pride was beaming

When you bought your first home in Garden City

Stability outwins fashion or attitude

Long sober walks upstate

You don't miss a thing, do you?

.

So you found the lock

But not the key that college brings

And all the trouble of a B.A. in English literature

Instead of law or something more practical

You traded all your time for money and the blues

But no trust fund or daddy doctor

What do you have to prove?

.