Well now everything is rosy And the money's so well spent This kind of education Is worth every cent When your momma pays the tuition And your daddy pays the rent You could learn a lot in college Although you never went Now you ain't that funny And you ain't that smart But you become a model student When you step up to the bar They're drinking their life away At the paradise café Talking with nothing to say At the paradise café Daddy's money spends real good And he's spent a lot today At the paradise café The neon pink flamingo Shines down on one and all Lights up the drunken schoolgirl As she bounces of the wall To the slurred shouts of college boys Who'll soon be at the wheel It's an awful lot to deal with Just to get a decent meal Now you ain't that funny And you ain't that smart But you become a model student When you step up to the bar They're drinking their life away At the paradise café Talking with nothing to say At the paradise café Daddy's money spends real good And he's spent a lot today At the paradise café