The author sheet dates the chorus approximately to 1979 for Brian Arsenault's UCSC dance recital and says the opening verse was added later. This edition keeps the UCSC and Nat Sci wording rather than inventing the local substitutions suggested in the footnotes. Lehrer wrote these replacement words for All I Need Is the Girl from Gypsy, whose original words and music are credited to Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne. Only Lehrer's text is reproduced; no recording, score or precise release date is claimed.
Got my education
Sat through graduation
Now I'm ridin' high
Crammed with knowledge
Bye bye, college
Now I'm neat and dressy
Not like UCSC
Starting this July
I'll even wear a tie
I'm all set ---
I'll succeed ---
There's only one thing I need:
Got my B.A.
So I'm O.K.
All I need now is a job
Got my hopes high
Passed my Nat Sci
Had professors all around to inspire me
Now all I need is someone to hire me
Three cheers
For my four years
I'm no longer your basic slob
And if they'd say
"You're hired," I'd gladly throw away
Those fat books that they made me read
All I really need
Is a job.