Neil Sedaka – Dave's Gone By

SONG: Stupid Pupil

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SONG: Stupid Pupil

(sung to the tune of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield’s “Stupid Cupid”)

Stupid Pupil you’re a real disgrace
You don’t contribute; you just take up space
You go to college on your parents’ dime
But you ain’t learnin’, you’re just wastin’ time.
Hey hey, brainless punk
Stupid Pupil, get ready to flunk

Can’t do your homework and you can’t think straight
Too busy watching TikTok while you masturbate
Sitting through classes with your earbuds in
Looking so dead they call your next of kin
Boo-hoo, throw your fit
Stupid Pupil, your pronoun is “it.”

You mixed-up little twerp, with your protest sign upheld
But you can’t read or write, so the words are all misspelled

You think you’re curing social-justice ills
But meanwhile mom and dad are paying all your bills
You’re chugging Red Bull and you’re vaping weed
the only things you learn are from your Twitter feed
You don’t work, you don’t pay rent
Stupid Pupil, come out of your tent

Your hair is greasy and your armpits stink
You think that other people really care what you think
And if you graduate, then you’ll be through
`Cause you’ll be serving burgers to the likes of you
Hey hey, don’t you see
You just crapped on your Bachelor’s Degree

Hey hey, higher ed
Stupid Pupil, I wish you were dead.

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/28/2013): BRIAN GARI & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews songwriter Brian Gari

Topics include: Eddie Cantor, Late Nite Comic, songwriting, Neil Sedaka, George Carlin, George Jessel, Joe Franklin.

Segment aired Sept. 28, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/27/2004): NEIL SEDAKA

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with songwriting legend Neil Sedaka

Topics include: music, the 50s

Segment originally aired May 27, 2004 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By #78 (5/27/2004): MY YIDDISH SEDAKA

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Here is the 78th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, May 27, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka

Featuring: Dave chats with legendary pop singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. Plus: the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:07:00 NEWS GONE BY: Bush on a Bike; CyberSatan; Crest! Crest! Crest! (Bad Pun of the Week); Too-Lethal Injection; Pickle Packing Daddy; Snoopy Doggy Daddy. Includes Skit: Snoop’s Divizzle.
00:23:00 DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: Neil Sedaka
00:49:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 27, 2004 Playlist: “Solitaire” (Cheryl Crow), “My Yiddishe Mama,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Exodus” & “You Mean Everything to Me” (Neil Sedaka).