Columbia Law Revue

My Hopes at Skadden

to "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne

So much for my hopes at Skadden
So much for my hopes at Skadden

Let's talk this over
I'm not just some hick
My GPA's 4.0
I should have been your first pick
So I got drunk at
Your firm's reception
Made out with a partner
I know that was dumb

You were all the things I wanted
And I thought I'd be hired!

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It was everything I wanted in a law firm
We were meant to be together for the summer
All of the memories of EIP just fade away
I was happy, now I'm saddened
So much for my hopes at Skadden
So much for my hopes at Skadden

I know your recruiters
I know what they say
They tell you I'm wild
But so are they
One of them sipped down
Four vodka shots
Then she did a poll dance
And threw up in a box

You were all the things I wanted
And I thought I'd be hired!

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It's nice to know I had a chance
Glad that we could share this dance
Callback lunch was good but it was way too long
I wanted your firm, but I'm done
I forgot I had more fun
EIP was almost done

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So much for my happy ending
So much for my happy ending

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be!

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You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
So much for my happy ending

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be!

(chorus)

It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

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