Another song from Oedifice Lex is the country and western song called “Your Seating Chart” (loosely to the tune of “Your Cheatin’ Heart”)

Verse 1:
Before I first saw you, I knew you.
My friends told me you were a jewel.
They said don’t miss my chances to have you
‘Cause you were the best one in the school

Verse 2:
But then came that fateful day I met you.
I sensed trouble right from the start.
Your eyes caught mine as you walked in the classroom
And I knew right then you had a Seatin’ Chart.

Chorus 1:
Now your Seatin’ Chart
Has got me cryin’
When you look down and then back up and call my name with evil looks in your eyes.
Your funny jokes, your witty lines don’t help when you make a fool of me
I can’t go on every day facin’ up to your Seatin’ Chart.

Verse 3:
The thought of you leads me to drink at Jimmy’s
At night I drown your mem’ry in that ol’ dive
But still I know I’ll see you in the morning
Three times a week at 8:45.

Verse 4:
The fault for this situation can’t be mine
‘Cause my reaction is automatic
And when they all told me you were so fine
How could I know you’d be So-cratic?

Repeat Chorus 1

Verse 5:
A man like me needs something to keep goin’
Some comfort he so desperately seeks
My relief from you comes in knowin’
This relationship will break up in ten weeks (But ‘til then)

Chorus 2:
Your Seatin’ Chart
Will keep me cryin’
When you look down and then back up and call my name with evil looks in your eyes
Your funny jokes, your pinstripe suits, don’t help when you make a fool of me
I can’t go on every day facin’ up to your Seatin’ Chart

Coda:
I gotta go on every day facin’ up to your Seatin’ Chart
Why did I ever put down my name on your seating Chart?

(Written by Tom Berg '87.)

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Thanks to Maureen Kane Berg for providing this information.