Advice to the Graduate - The Silver Jews

So...my last class was on Thursday. Exams start Saturday...officially semester ends...

Someone recently told me they "never really go into them" in reference to the Silver Jews.

If you asked me to choose my favorite SJ song, I would not be able to choose just one - but hey - let me know what yours is...


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Sleep on your back and ash in your shoes
and always use the old sense of the word
Your third drink will lead you astray
wandering down the backstreets of the world

On the last day of your life don't forget to die
the things that you do will always make your momma cry...
Well I know you gotta lot 'a hope for the new men
well I know you gotta lot 'a hope for the new men - m-a-a-an

So you got no friends and you wander through the night
and now you watch the sunrise through a rifle's sight
Well don't believe in people who say it's all been done
they have time to talk because their race is run

So get in some licks and hold your head up
and soon you'll be drinking from that crystal cup

Well I know you gotta lot 'a hope for the new men
well I know you gotta lot 'a hope for
so much hope for so much hope for
so much hope for so much hope for

Good morning to the new world, to the new world, to the new world...

I want hope for I want hope for I want hope for...

To the new to the new to the new to the new...