(To the tune of Baby Girl by Sugarland)
They say in this town the students stay up all night,
well I don't know, can't see em,
through the glow of my neon fans,
well its a long way from here,
to the place where the rolls sometimes burn,
well its five hundred miles and one right turn...
Dear Mom and Dad please send money,
I'm so broke and it ain’t funny,
I’m sellin’ plasma just to get me through,
please do worry, cuz that ain’t right,
see I’m sleepin’ here at the Riv tonight,
Well in this town I actually might learn to drive,
Well I love you more than anything in the world,
Love your baby girl
A big Y, and blue skies. It’s a college town full of big white guys,
They’re always your friend, until they find out you’re 19,
Most find eternal life and diamond rings and all sorts of silly things,
It sure makes me remember what my knees are for.
Dear Mom and Dad please send money,
I'm so broke that it ain't funny,
well I really need a lot, at least enough to pay the rent,
please don’t worry cause I’m doing alright,
See I’m sleeping here at the Riv tonight,
In this town I'm going to develop road rage,
well I love you more than anything in the world,
love your baby girl
I know that I'm on my way,
I can tell every time I pray,
I'll know that it's worth all the tuition I paid
When I can write to you and say:
Dear Mom and Dad, I’m finally making money,
I'm not rich, but ain't too crummy,
But I still wish, I had gotten a scholarship or two.
Please don’t worry, I’ll be fine.
See I’m working here at the school tonight,
What do ya know, my dream’s finally comin’ true
cuz now I got a fancy car and diamond ring
but you know that they don’t mean a thing
cause they all add up to nothing compared to you,
well remember me in ribbons and curls,
I still love you more than anything in the world,
Love your baby girl
And just for everyone elses benefit, I got myself a published letter to the editor in the Daily Universe today. It was the first time I'd submitted something, so I'm pretty excited. My first draft of the letter was extremely sarcastic, condescending, and judgmental, but I decided I'd likely get hate mail, so I rewrote it. It's correctly formated in the newspaper, but it's kind of funky looking, so if some of the sentences seem to be just randomly placed, that's why. But I was excited...Feel free to read (and if you want to know where my letter stemmed from, just read back a few pages on the daily universe opinon section. There's quite a few articles concerning it.)
Why Can't We All Just Get Along
8 comments:
Great letter, Katie! Good for you!
I like your header!
that is so funny you were published! that is cool, I love what you wrote!
Way to go Katie!!
Katie, one of the things I did when I first started blogging was commenting on people's blogs a lot. I still do comment, but I can't remember the last time I commented first anymore. I have people that find my blog now daily. I'm not sure where everyone comes from.
But I think that one of the reasons I get so many comments is because I really do try to comment on everyone's blog who reads mine.
I always enjoy finding new stalkers!!!! Feel free to comment more. I love comments more than cupcakes.
When I saw that in the Daily Universe I was like...YESSSSSS! Katie Barker makes it to the daily universe! I was thinking about writing to them and ranting sometime. I remember when scott nash did hahahaha
So, I really wanted to read it! But after I clicked on it I waited for like 5 minutes and it still hadn't loaded! But I'll try again later and then tell you what I think. I do think it's funny that your first one was really sarcastic and condescending. ;) Oh and your new layout is "Spooky" and no longer reminds me Miley Cyrus.
Great response. All those letters were annoying me too, and that's exactly how I felt. Thanks for stopping the madness of the Daily Universe! YOu are wonderful :]
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