You need a good job to get going 

and find yourself the steady way cause nothing's ever going to be the same 

you need a good chest to be blowing 

through sorrow and despair no one said it would have been fair 

of course you need a good degree a smile on your face and a tie to set you free 

you have a smile for everyone 

so they can buy what you can sell you're going to teach them just what they're going to have 

you need a place to call your own 

then find yourself a girl who's going to take the pain that you deserve 

when she's in your bed at night you keep your lover's number by your side 

you need the best school for the kids you need a good grave for when you're going to leave