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Copyright 2000 by Gary Radford and Marie. All Rights Reserved.
Recorded at Suite 16 Studios, Piscataway, New Jersey, April 2000
Produced by Chris Cavallaro; Engineered by Paul Sukovich
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The Lyrics

Fresh out of grad school
Diploma in hand
Can't wait to get started
Got everything planned
My star's set to shine
But they sucked out my spine
I've got the untenured blues

I'm so disillusioned
I'm busting my balls
Chair's taking the credit
I'm taking the fall
My fate is a mystery
My sex life is history
I've got the untenured blues

I'm teaching on Friday
Saturday too
Eight AM Monday
But what can I do?
The students berate me
They say they all hate me
I've got the untenured blues

Caught in the crossfire
Of another turf war
Don't know who my friends are
Or what it's all for
Too late to react
Got a knife in my back
I've got the untenured blues

I'm covering colleagues
I'm doing their stats
They're getting the glory
I'm getting the shaft
Did all that I could
Supporting the deadwood
I've got the untenured blues

And that is my story
Don't want to sound crude
I worked hard for six years
And then I got screwed
They said that I stunk
Now I'm an adjunct
I've got the untenured blues
I've got the untenured blues