You still live with your parents
There's no major living expense
You'd think your life wouldn't be so bad with mom and dad
But you've been feeling distraught
Since they tick you off a lot
Though you'd really like to flee the scene, you're not eighteen
But that's okay, you can move away
Tell ma and pa, you've brought in the law
They won't go to jail, but you'll leave and they'll decree
"Tell me, why'd you have to go and get yourself emancipated?
It seems fun but it's
Only a matter of time before you realize you hate it
And then you'll be screwed
And you'll call and you'll bawl and you'll cry and you'll try to get your family back with no luck
You'll be in a rut, sit on your butt and feel isolated, woah"

You're at your new apartment
Good luck paying all your rent
You'll have to resort to stealing from your college fund
Wads of gum and old spitballs
Hiding the cracks in your walls
You must learn to live with Ramen sprees and Mac and cheese
That's all you'll eat, you can't pay for heat
You're in it alone with no telephone
There's grime in the bath, you don't even have TV
Tell me, why'd you have to go and get yourself emancipated?
It seems the way you're
Doing all your laundry in the kitchen sink is overrated
That's what I've construed
And your neighbor's a gimp and the other's a pimp and you feel like a wimp, but you could
Use a hug, 'cause you've got bugs, you oughtta get fumigated, woah

You once slept upon a bed
Now you sleep on the floor instead
And if you could only contact home, you would moan
"Please take me back, 'cause I'm getting jacked
There's no room to walk, my door doesn't lock"
And maybe you can return to the family
Tell me, why'd you have to go and get yourself emancipated?
Your cabinets have
All come off their hinges and your ceiling has fluctuated
It might cave in soon
And you're poor and ignored, can't afford room and board, your landlord's gonna cut you off
Your pipes are rusted, toilet's busted, living room's been violated, woah
Why'd you have to go and get yourself emancipated?
Get out while you can
Before all the criminals and junkies find where you're located
And eat some real food
Barbeque, freezer, too, microwave, you'll be saved, just behave or else you'll return to
Greasy mixtures, broken fixtures, and you'll be devastated, no