Shelly Albaum

Oct 26, 2018

Don't Be a Lawyer!

Great song from Season 4 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend:

LYRICS:

Twenty years old, pretty smart kid
 

 
Didn't know what I wanted to do
 

 
So I took the LSAT
 

 
And just like that
 

 
I got accepted at Glendale U
 

 

 
Everyone said it was a real safe bet
 

 
A prestigious and lucrative vocation
 

 
So I set off on a journey
 

 
To become an attorney
 

 
Without a moment's hesitation
 

 

 
But here's some free advice I'm givin'
 

 
When it comes to decidin' what to do for a livin'
 

 

 
Don't be a lawyer!
 

 
Don't do it! Quickest way to ruin your life
 

 
Don't be a lawyer!
 

 
Not worth it! It'll leave you dead inside
 

 

 
The job is inherently crappy
 

 
That's why you've never met a lawyer who's happy
 

 
It's a guaranteed soul destroyer
 

 
Don't be a lawyer
 

 

 
Law school debt
 

 
Daily regret
 

 
Is that really what you dreamed as a kid?
 

 
Or did you hope one day
 

 
That you'd find a way
 

 
To spend four years workin' on a pharmaceutical company's merger with another pharmaceutical company?
 

 

 
Your only expertise
 

 
Is runnin' up fees
 

 
Speakin' legalese like a dick
 

 
But it's not too late
 

 
To avoid this fate
 

 
Find any other job to pick
 

 

 
Sure, your parents might think you're a failure
 

 
But no one's ever said, "First, let's kill all the tailors."
 

 

 
Don't be a lawyer!
 

 
I'm serious, it really, really sucks
 

 
Don't be a lawyer!
 

 
No one you work with looks like Ally McBeal
 

 

 
There are so many other professions
 

 
That don't turn you into Jeff Sessions
 

 
Just say no to the lawyer employer
 

 
No, don't be a lawyer

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