Facts of Life

I like to know but I don’t like to learn

A washed up woman was a stupid girl

Dropped out of school at the tender age of 12

Threw all my dreams into a wishing well from hell

I like to know but I can’t listen

Microwave your books for quick tuition

There is so little time and so many people to impress

Why should I waste my time on how to dress

I’ve got pseudo-intelligence to sell

Piggy backing on all of your success

Is it the only way-the easiest

Mom and dad bought me pills for breakfast

The doctors fed me drugs with a minors consent

Mom and dad brought me a mattress

To sleep in the hexagon of their madness

Mom and dad caught me naked

Sleeping with any man who could take it-they never knew a heart was capable of faking it

I like to know but I don’t like to learn

Gone are the school days, welcome on the dog days

I am now an old maid preying for a big break

Dropped out of school at the tender age of 12

Threw all my dreams into a wishing well from hell.