Enter the young idealist chasing dragons to slay   Exit the hustler packing up his M.B.A.   Freshmen scream in a classroom, was there a sound?   First degree in a vacuum, I'm on college ground   Took a class, big fun   Modern Ethics 101   First day learned why   Ethics really don't apply   Prof says, 'One trait   Takes us to a higher state   Drug free, pure bliss   Get your pencil, copy this'       Life unwinds like a cheap sweater   But since I gave up hope, I feel a lot better   And the truth gets blurred like a wet letter   But since I gave up hope, I feel a lot better       Top of the class sits Ernest, he was brightest and best   Till the professor lured him to the hopeless nest   Now he lives for the shortcut like a citizen should   Tells the class with a wink, 'Only the young die good'   He says, "Ideals? Uncouth!   Fatalism needs youth   Eat well, floss right   Keep the hungry out of sight   Save face - nip and tuck   Praise yourself and pass the buck   And don't forget the best advice   Everybody's got a price'       While the world winds down to a final prayer   Nothing soothes quicker than complete despair   I predict by dinner I won't even care   Since I gave up hope, I feel a lot better       Nazis plead in a courtroom, 'Pardon me, Boys'   Profits fall in a boardroom, did they make a noise?   Someone spreads an affliction, company's nice   Someone sells an addiction, puts your soul on ice   Half-wits knock heads   Candidates in double beds   Good guys defect   'I can't precisely recollect'   Teacher's pet theory's fine   If you're born without a spine   Can't you spell wrong?   Sing it to 'em, Papa John