Gallatin Graduation

by Chris Maguire

welcome to graduation
I hope you're having a blast
It's the inaguration
of the present into the past

welcome to graduation
you'll all be in my heart
despite our seperation
we'll never be apart

welcome to graduation
now dry your little eye
it's a manifestation
of our time together gone by

welcome to graduation
no more racing against the clock
now, with great elation
i'll play faster and bring the ROCK

now
some of us walked in here
four years ago
some of you took just three years
and made the rest of us feel slow

but
reguardless of our ages
we'll still have to explain
to potential employers
what induvidualized study means

sure, we all seem unique
the student body's got a twisted physique
but I'd surely place a wager
that we'll all have trouble describing our majors

we all took different courses
yet I'm guaranteeing
John Berger's made a fortune
off Gallatin with Ways of Seeing

though we've got less money
we've got an edge on stern
in conversation we'll flaunt
our stronger knowledge of the postmodern

sure, we all seem unique
the student body's got a twisted physique
but I'd surely place a wager
that we'll all have trouble describing our majors

sure, we all seem unique
the student body's got a twisted physique
but I'd surely place a wager
that we'll all have trouble describing our majors