Gail (Lipman) Lustig, who sent this in, and Ron Josephson say it was performed in 1983. I don't remember singing it that year. When I talked to SLammert, he admitted to writing it, but said it was never performed.
Well we're living here at CMU,
And we share a building with Sigma Nu
It can really be a problem; still
We'd rather be here
Than up on the Hill.
Well the freshman think that we're all the same,
But there's a dozen different places and names.
There's eleven now, 'cause ATO
Cut down a tree;
They had to go.
'And we're living here at CMU,
But Oscar says our rent's overdue,
And it getting very hard to pay...
Well we're waiting here in Robot-Town
For the education we never found
For the promises that Cyert made
Quality teaching
Financial Aid
So we'll graduate in four or five years
When IBM is all you will hear
'Cause they never taught us what was real
Selling out students
Making a deal
And we're waiting here in Robot-town
But tuition isn't going to go down
And its getting very hard to pay...
Ev'ry student had a pretty good chance
To study architecture, music or dance.
But something happened to the humanities
They forced a personal computer on me.
And we're living here at CMU
But all of my assignments are due
And there isn't even time to pray....
And we won't be getting out in May....
And we're living here at CMU.