Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I was an Ivy League
Kind of girl
Do you think that they would give me more
Shifts at work?
Spent all my day
Walking 'round the local lake
Never thought I would have this
9 to 5 heartache
[Chorus 1]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
[Verse 2]
If I was an Ivy League
Kind of girl
Do you think that I'd be different
Would it change my world?
Spend all my day
Getting on the honour roll
Then I'd go and get married
So I don't live on the Dole
[Chorus 1]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
[Instrumental]
[Bridge 3]
I'll be a straight-A student
And pass with flying colours
Get invited to do honours...
I'll be a workplace dreamboat
Job interviews-- I know it all
I'll be so damn employable...
[Chorus 2]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
If I was an Ivy League
Kind of girl
Do you think that they would give me more
Shifts at work?
Spent all my day
Walking 'round the local lake
Never thought I would have this
9 to 5 heartache
[Chorus 1]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
[Verse 2]
If I was an Ivy League
Kind of girl
Do you think that I'd be different
Would it change my world?
Spend all my day
Getting on the honour roll
Then I'd go and get married
So I don't live on the Dole
[Chorus 1]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
[Instrumental]
[Bridge 3]
I'll be a straight-A student
And pass with flying colours
Get invited to do honours...
I'll be a workplace dreamboat
Job interviews-- I know it all
I'll be so damn employable...
[Chorus 2]
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
I went to B-grade university
And got myself an arts degree, oh-oh!
About "Ivy League"
Alex Lahey trades garage-rock grit for a wry, jangling indie-rock confession. 'Ivy League' cloaks class anxiety in bright riffs, a restless push-pull between aspiration and self-doubt. The calm melody belies a simmering unease, like ivy slowly cracking a brick wall.