Bright College Days

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Bright college days, oh, carefree days that fly
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To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high
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Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls
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Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls

[Pre-verse]
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Turn on the spigot
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Pour the beer and swig it
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And gaudeamus igit-ur

[Verse 1]
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Here's to parties we tossed
       G
To the games that we lost
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(We shall claim that we won them some day)

[Verse 2]
       E7
To the girls young and sweet
       A
To the spacious back seat
       E7                       A
Of our roommate's beat up Chevrolet

[Verse 3]
       F#
To the beer and benzedrine
       B
To the way that the dean
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Tried so hard to be pals with us all

[Verse 4]
     G#
To excuses we fibbed
       C#
To the papers we cribbed
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From the genius who lived down the hall

[Bridge]
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To the tables down at Mory's
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Wherever that may be
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Let us drink a toast to all we love the best
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We will sleep through all the lectures
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And cheat on the exams
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And we'll pass, and be forgotten with the rest

[Outro]
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Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife
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Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life
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But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways
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We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days

[Coda]
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Hearts full of youth
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Hearts full of truth
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Six parts gin to one part vermouth