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Young Man's Blues Blues
A young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said, a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Well, except for: a body that looks good in anything
And a brain that thinks it knows everything
But apart from that: a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Well, except for: no idea about mortality
And no fear about gravity;
And girls who are there for casual sex
And parents who are there to pick up your HECS[1]
And debts you'll pay off before you're dead
And more teeth than fillings in your head
And no need to work off middle aged spread[2]
And more than one reason for your bed
But apart from that: a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said, a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Well, except for: being part of the cool demographic
Getting up too late for peak hour traffic
And joints for taking not aching
And memory not disintigrating
And spell check if you're illiterate
And you get to take up not give up cigarettes
And you're not really a prisoner of society
And you've got enough hair to style it stupidly
And you don't know how much you don't know
And you get more erections than Bruno Grollo[3]
And you got the perfect excuse for being bad
And you still haven't turned into your dad
But, apart from that: a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Information
1) Debuted on August 3, 2007 at The Espy.
1) HECS is an "interest free loan" from the government and stands for Higher Education Contribution Scheme. It has been replaced by the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP).
2) As metabolism drops as a person ages (typically by 2% a decade), the food they once sound eat freely begins to be absorbed less effectively into the body which causes weight gain, known as "middle-age spread".
3) Bruno Grollo is a developer whose company, Grocon, has constructed the Rialto and then the Eureka towers, the latter eclipsed the former as the tallest building in Melbourne.
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