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The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
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Timbuk 3
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Pat MacDonald
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dennis Herring
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher
He wears dark glasses
Things are goin' great
And they're only gettin' better
[Chorus]
I'm doin' all right
Gettin' good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
[Verse 2]
I got a job waitin'
For my graduation
Fifty-thou' a year
Will buy a lotta beer
Things are goin' great
And they're only gettin' better
[Chorus]
I'm doin' all right
Gettin' good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
[Verse 3]
Well, I'm heavenly blessed
And worldly wise
I'm a peeping Tom techie
With X-ray eyes
Things are goin' great
And they're only gettin' better
[Chorus]
I'm doin' all right
Gettin' good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades, ow, ow, ow
[Verse 4]
I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher
He wears dark glasses
Things are goin' great
And they're only gettin' better
[Chorus]
I'm doin' all right
Gettin' good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades
[Outro]
I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
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Pat MacDonald
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