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Future SAIS Alumni
Written and performed by David Michaels, Mr. SAIS 2007
To the tune of "American Pie"
 

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how Pre-Term used to make me smile
And I knew when I came to SAIS
That studying here would be real nice
And maybe I’d be happy for a while

But Bonnie Wilson made me shiver
With every speech that she delivered
Chris Forster played a cricket match
Mike McKenzie has a soul patch

I can’t remember if I cried
When I saw the Berlin Wall outside
Something touched me deep inside
Cause’ I’m a future SAIS alumni

CHORUS
So bye bye future SAIS alumni
You don’t even have a job yet but you’re sure gonna try
You’re leavin’ school so kiss your backpacks goodbye
Singin’ I’m a future SAIS alumni; I’m a future SAIS alumni

Did you go to Macro class
And do you still have 2 cores to pass
If the red book tells you so
Now do you believe in constructivism?
Did you take Comparative National Systems?
Can you teach me why the interest rate is low?

Well I know that Nadav makes his home
In the 8th floor kitchen, up in Rome
He scrounges SAIS for food
What a cool Israeli dude!

Oh Dean John Harrington teaches me
With his god-damned calculus DVD
I know that 1 plus 2 is 3
Cause’ I’m a future SAIS alumni

We started singin’
CHORUS

Now in econ class we understand
The workings of supply and demand
With a textbook that nobody wants to read

And the finance kids think they’re really cool
But they should’ve just gone to business school
An MBA is all they really need

Oh and while we studied the balance of power
I had a beer at happy hour
Thai names puzzle me
Like Yanichnat and Kullawee

Fukuyama knows that he’s a star
Too bad he’s not tall enough to reach the bar
The end of history is where we are
Cause’ we’re future SAIS alumni.

We were singin’
CHORUS

Alex C. Fleming is a SAIS DJ
And John McLaughlin’s from the CIA
My cousin here is Erica Shein
So come on, can you tell me, is bidding fair?
What’s the deal with Shakti’s hair?
Joe Bubman likes to call me The Rep

If a SAIS girl wants to go out with me
She’s gotta pass her oral proficiency
The ladies want romance
Oh, when they see Dan Dalton dance

And everybody’s askin’, yes it’s true
What the hell kind of name is Sarah Gloo?
I’ll bet she’s thinkin’ the same thing too
Cause she’s a future SAIS alumni

Everybody sing it
CHORUS

I met a kid, a TA guy
A BAMA student named Neil Shenai
He’s a special kind of lad
And it doesn’t take much imagination
To know that we’ve got grade inflation
When a B minus is really bad

Eliot Cohen’s leavin’ SAIS
To work for Condoleezza Rice
We’ll do our best to get by
But we’re gonna miss his bow tie

And 6 months from graduation day
Our FAFSA loans we must repay
But it’s alright because then we can say
That we’re SAIS alumni

CHORUS