NEWS. PRESS. MUSIC. SIDE PROJECTS. CD BABY. ITUNES. CAFEPRESS. PHOTO. CLIP. THINK. DONATE. LINK. INFO. THINK. Student Debt Sucks From darling one year [2004] A critical factor in New Zealand's 'brain drain' and specifically responsible for the nation's dire medical skill shortage, the student loans scheme is credited with driving most recent graduates overseas to higher comparative incomes. ‘Student Debt Sucks’, written some time during the late ’90s, is a reaction to this controversial and punitive system, speaking out against the ludicrous debts now implicit in obtaining a university degree in NZ. Student Debt Sucks has now been recorded for Daniel's 2006 release OP-ED, a collection of environmentally, socially, and politically inspired songs. You can hear it @ CD Baby. >> Click to hear: OP-ED: Environmental / Social / Political [2006] Track 09: Student Debt Sucks Music & Lyrics by Daniel Gannaway/Apra © 2006 Well there was your your boombox On the table pounding out a packing beat And all your talk of student debt Increasing exponentially It's no wonder that you leave If they just wanted to make money Why didn't they say so? Instead of lending you astray Then saying you can't escape to Somewhere you can make a dent Against a growing debt It's like a mortgage tied right around Your young young neck Well they expect to stop this brain drain By accumulating interest on your payments While you make no headway Staying here means ending up with nothing If they just wanted to make money Why didn't they say so? Instead of lending you astray Then saying you can't escape to Somewhere you can make a dent Against a growing debt It's like a mortgage tied right around Your young neck Hey Keep packing Well it's a shame to leave for something other Than pleasure or adventure But you got this debt to pay And no one local can better the offer And the knowledge you got Could singlehandedly raise the country’s gdp But to pay back this debt you got to get get So keep at it it and keep pack Keep packing Hey Keep packing © Daniel Gannaway/APRA - February 2004 Quick links: >> MP3s & CDs @ CD Baby! >> Apple iTunes >> Rhapsody >> iSOUND >> MP3tunes >> Napster >> eMusic >> myspace >> VIRB >> ReverbNation >> CafePress ^ top ^ thankyou for supporting truly independent music