Wake Up

Lyrics

[Intro] So the post-World War II academic movement referred to as Neoclassical Synthesis, absorbing the macroeconomic thought of John Maynard Keynes, resulted in the theories and models termed— [Verse 1] Wake up You in the back row You're drooling down your chin [Interlude] Neo-Keynesian economics That theory was developed by John Hicks and Maurice Allais and popularized by the mathematical economist Paul Samuelson The process— [Verse 2] Wake up You with the hair there Someone poke her with a pin [Interlude] Began soon after the publication of Keynes' general theory, with the ISLM model, investment— [Verse 3] Wake up You little snot-rags Pretend you've got a clue If I have to listen to this pap This dull and dreary crap Then so do you And it's not like I can blame them if they leave the room The mind departs, just up and drifts away It's natural to flee from this oppressive gloom This bogus intellectual display The only thing that changes is the day [Interlude] I'm sorry, where was I? Hicks, of course John Hicks continued with adaptations of the supply and demand model— [Verse 4] Wake up You sleepy shitheads This world is spinning fast You may think you have it sussed That life is good and just But it won't last Blink twice and all your laughter And your happy ever after Flies right past God, try to focus, Walter, on the points at hand This course that you have taught for twenty years Don't think about the day you bought her wedding band Or the trip that you both made once to Algiers Or the way the time between just disappears [Interlude] A specific example of this is the consumer model of individual demand That's it See you next week [Verse 5] Wake up You with the lecture The day's not over yet No time for remembrance or regret