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Wasting My Time (Get to the Program)

from Caplets Gill Us by The Plastic E-Gulls

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Teacher: Good evening boys and girls
And those that’re in between
Welcome to the evening class
That starts at 6:15
Is everybody here?
Did you sign in on the sheet?
Very good, let’s get this show on the road
Now the intro is complete.
I must apologize for appearing,
Unfashionably late.
Me and my new flame had a falling out,
I’m sure you can relate.
It’s such a pity that she is what she is
And all those other bits
Because you should’ve seen her!
She had the biggest…
Oh, I’m just wasting my time

Class: Get to the program

Teacher: Wasting my time

Class: Get on with the program
We came here to learn of algebra
We’re not interested in some girl’s bra

Teacher: You’re right. Now then.
The area of a circle
Is A is π r squared
Where π is 3.1415…ugh
The rest you probably don’t care.
Oh look! I can turn this circle into a pair,
Now it looks like a woman’s waist…
Oh. Pretend you didn’t see that,
I’m gonna have this erased.
Let me say it again: I’m sorry
What more d’you want me to say?
Of all the days my girl could’ve dumped me
She had to pick today.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Happy now?
Get the hell off of my ass.
I’ve every right to take it out on you
Cause I’m the teacher of this class!
Though I’m just wasting my time…

Class: Saying sorry doesn’t let you off
We’re not stupid, it’s not what we want.
You’re not teaching any new things
Just stuff we already know
We will tell the dean about you
And he might just let you go
We will ask for your dismissal
You might never teach again
Won’t you keep your shit together
Keep to the curriculum till then
Stop wasting your time
And get to the program
We don’t care about your sob story
Please keep to what you’re supposed to teach

Teacher: Alright, cards on the table, right now
I really don’t wanna be here.
It’s not like I’ve never missed
A class before (at least this year).
If I hurry, I can probably
Make the next subway train
And say goodbye before she gets
On her Paris-bound airplane.
I’d love, again, to see her
If only one more time.
I miss the way she loved me
And made a key lime pie
We could’ve been starting something
We’d be the king and queen of Queens
I’d say she turned my tables
But I don’t know what that means!

Class: Careful now, don’t start a chain reaction.
Teachers too can get an infraction.
You might serve some time, maybe forty
And miss the new episode of Rick and Morty

Teacher: I just want one more chance
Before she goes to France
Country known for great romance
Please give me a pair of pants

Class: This is stupid, really stupid
You’re oh so better than this
You had so much potential
But it fell down the abyss

Teacher: I thought she was the one
The odds were mil to one
Not as simple as one plus one
Or a class in room three-oh-one

Class: You’re not teaching any new things
Just stuff we already know
We will tell the dean about you
And he might just let you go
We will ask for your dismissal
You might never teach again
Won’t you keep your shit together
Keep to the curriculum till then

Teacher: You know what? Class dismissed.

Class: Yeah. Sure.

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from Caplets Gill Us, released November 24, 2022

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The Plastic E-Gulls New York, New York

A (virtual) East End-based garage band consisting of three childhood friends and a clone, they now live in the heart of Long Island City, a short train ride away from the Big Apple.

Ian Furelli (guitar)
Tina Furelli (bass)
Ellen Blinstone (keyboard)
Brian O'Feeny (drums)

Created by Thomas Fay
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