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There is a campus
In the rolling hills of Bothell
The students live to learn
The Sky is always gray and dreary
Weary and draining

To attend this utopia gold must flow
Straight out of voids in their pockets
Faster than rockets

The students want to learn
But they are unaware of the cost
For knowledge does not come free
Even the useless dross

The college is a business mafia
Shaking the students for their last dime
Bullies in high school wanted lunch money
Bullies in college want the money for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper

I had to choose from UW Seattle or Bothell
But at UWB the cost was low
Who knew I had chosen Al Capone's little bro

Tuition's only 12 grand they said
Neglecting to say the real cost is 15k
On top of that there are these things called fees
That take your money like honey from drowsy bees

I got a building fee for the building I cant use
A technology fee for technology I never see
A services and activities fee does that mean I can ski?
A sports field fee make it stop is my plea

And those are just the ones that I know about

Each month all these charges go on my account
For me to pay from my closed out account
I tried to pay with my credit card online
But theres a $220 fee for that

The only free way to give them my last nickel
is to transfer money from my account to my mom's savings fund
then write a check taking money from my mom
and hope that it doesn’t get shunned

I was finally able to pay for the fees I had already accrued
But bullies can be rude
And the college will make me do it again in a quarter

Im shelling out all this dough for a rolled up piece of paper
College runs a masterful caper rhyme
The college mafia is making a killing
From us poor suckers who have no food to be grilling
But the mafia will just keep on billing
Even when we are down to our final shilling

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from The College Overload, released March 11, 2014
Brandon Renstrom

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David and the 117's Bothell, Washington

David and the 117's is an amateur group in UW Bothell under the guidance of Professor David Nixon. The Class Album Project goes year by year with new classes adding their individual personas to each album, creating something completely unique every time. ... more

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