♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana
Sollu machi underground…
Kaalaiyila dhinam dhinam
Anju manikku ezhundhu
Alarm-ah anachitu coffee-ah thaan kudichu
Kaalai kadan ellathaiyum onnu onna mudichi
Standing in the bus stop at six thirty
Bus-ah varum yeri poo
Late-ah pona odi poo
MTC-yila moochu mutta thongu poo
Ettu manikku gate will close
Reach aagalana machi nee close
Go and meet the HOD
Aiyyo yemma mudiyadhu please leave me
I’m too scared to go in there
That’s gonna be my worst nightmare
Kaattu kaththu kathi
Enga manda mela kotti
Romba kevalama thitti
Naanga nippom kaadha pothi
Enga family-ah pathi
Semma sentiment-ah paesi
Poi padinga da dei nu solliduvanga
Class ku pona
Be like a manager
Nadanthadha sonna
Hey enna edhirthu pesuringa
Don’t tell me silly reasons
Hey mister idhellam vera engayachum vechiko
This is a respected institution
Male :Hey what-u we put a question-u
You must response-u
Female :Un parents oda money-ah ipdi waste pandriyae
Asingama illa
Tha…thappu enga mela thaan manichidunga
Theriyaama serndhutom aala vidunga
Engalayum manushana konjam nenainga
Neenga vayasula moothavanga purinjikkonga
Rules mela rules-ah enga thala mela pottu
Idaiveli illaama vekkuringa vettu
Pannandukku bell adicha thattula soru
Saapttutu marubadi class-ku odu
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Indha system-eh thappu
Yenna seat-ukku dabbu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Indha system-eh thappu
Yenna seat-ukku dabbu
Yenna seat’ukku dabbu
Padichadha pudikkala
Pudichadha padikkala
Mudichadhum velai illa
Muzhikkuraan theruvula
Padichadha pudikkala
Pudichadha padikkala
Mudichadhum velai illa
Muzhikkuraan theruvula
Admission form-ah viththae kalakkuringa
Vilambaram kaatti oora nalla mayakkuringa
Donation katti ennai serthu vittinga
Onnumae puriyalanga ennaala mudiyalanga aiyyo
They want my daddy’s dabbu
Inga nadakkura ellaam thappu
They want my daddy’s dabbu
Inga nadakkura ellamae thappu
Padichadhu enakku pudikkala daddy
Pudichadha naan padikkala mummy
Padichadhu edhuvum puriyala daddy
Pudichadhu edhuvume kedaikkala mummy
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana edhirkaalam
Olimayamaana…edhirkaalam
Vaaramthula moonu naalu non-veg-u
But where the hell is the knowledge-u
Girls kooda boys-u no pechu
Indha college-la serndhu enga life pochu
Messu to classu pogayila
Naan zombie koottathin naduvula
Saapta mayakkathula thoongayila
Miss-u kitta maatti maanamum kaathinila
Ponnungala paakkuravan thalai mel adi
Thambi ettu mudhal anju varai book eduthu padi
Padikkavum vena padippadhu pol nadi
Ada anju mani bell adicha bus-il edam pudi
Bus-il edam pudi illa padikattae gadhi ena
Mudhal rendu padiyila oru padi pudi
Adhil nikkuradhum thonguradhum
Seat-u kettu kenjuradhum
Avan avan thalayila ezhudhikka vidhi
Veettukku reaching at aaru mani
Enga amma kitta kekkuren coffee thanni
Serial’u mudiyala wait pannu nee
Ena sollumbodhae vazhiyudhu kannula thanni
Thalai suthi vizhundhen bed-u mela
Facebook whats app enna viduvadhilla
Homework assignments idharkidaiyinila
Enga kadharala kekka inga yaarum illa
Saturday Sunday working day
Vechi uyira edukkuranga kadavulae
Manushana vaazha mudiyavilla
Indha college-eh vena…aala vidunga da dei
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Indha system-eh thappu
Yenna seat-ukku dabbu
Yenna seat’ukku dabbu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Idhu yaaroda thappu
Indha system-eh thappu
Yenna seat-ukku dabbu
Padichadha pudikkala
Pudichadha padikkala
Mudichadhum velai illa
Muzhikkuraan theruvula
Padichadha pudikkala
Pudichadha padikkala
Mudichadhum velai illa
Muzhikkuraan theruvula
Admission form-ah viththae kalakkuringa
Vilambaram kaatti oora nalla mayakkuringa
Donation katti ennai serthu vittinga
Onnumae puriyalanga ennala mudiyalanga aiyyo
They want my daddy’s dabbu
Inga nadakkura ellaam thappu
They want my daddy’s dabbu
Inga nadakkura ellamae thappu
Padichadhu enakku pudikkala daddy
Pudichadha naan padikkala mummy
Padichadhu edhuvum puriyala daddy
Pudichadhu edhuvume kedaikkala mummy
Olimayamaana…
A bright future
A bright future
A bright future
A bright...
Tell me, buddy, underground...
Every single day in the morning,
Waking up at five o'clock,
Turning off the alarm and drinking coffee,
Finishing all the morning routines one by one,
Standing at the bus stop at six-thirty.
The bus arrives, climb in and go;
If you're late, run for your life;
Hang suffocating on the bus and go.
At eight o'clock, the gate will close;
If you don't reach in time, buddy, you're finished!
"Go and meet the HOD!"
"Oh mom, I can't, please leave me alone!"
"I'm too scared to go in there,
That's going to be my worst nightmare!"
Screaming at the top of their lungs,
Hitting us on our heads,
Scolding us so terribly,
We stand there covering our ears.
Bringing up our families,
Giving huge emotional guilt trips,
They shout, "Go and study, you fellows!"
When we go into class,
They act like managers.
When we explain what happened,
"Hey, are you talking back to me?
Don't give me silly reasons!
Hey mister, keep all this somewhere else!
This is a respected institution!"
Male: "Hey, when we ask a question,
You must respond!"
Female: "Wasting your parents' money like this,
Aren't you ashamed?"
"The... the fault is ours, please forgive us!
We enrolled without knowing, please let us go!
Think of us as human beings too!
You are our elders, please understand!"
Piling rule after rule on top of our heads,
Giving us no breathing room, you keep penalizing us.
When the bell rings at twelve, food is on the plate,
Eat it quickly and run back to class!
A bright future
A bright future
A bright future
A bright...
Whose fault is this?
Whose fault is this?
This whole system is wrong!
What crazy money for a college seat!
Whose fault is this?
Whose fault is this?
This whole system is wrong!
What crazy money for a college seat!
What crazy money for a college seat!
I didn't like what I studied,
I didn't study what I liked,
No job after graduating,
Now staring blankly on the streets.
I didn't like what I studied,
I didn't study what I liked,
No job after graduating,
Now staring blankly on the streets.
You make a fortune just selling admission forms,
Dazzling the whole town with your flashy ads!
Paying hefty donations, you got me enrolled here;
I don't understand anything, I can't take this anymore, oh no!
They want my daddy's money!
Everything happening here is wrong!
They want my daddy's money!
Everything happening here is wrong!
I didn't like what I studied, Daddy!
I didn't study what I loved, Mummy!
I didn't understand anything I studied, Daddy!
I didn't get anything I loved, Mummy!
A bright future
A bright future
A bright future
A bright... future
Non-veg meals three days a week,
But where the hell is the knowledge?
Boys aren't allowed to talk to girls,
Joining this college ruined our lives!
While walking from the mess to class,
I am in the middle of a crowd of zombies.
While dozing off in a food coma,
Caught by the teacher, all dignity is gone with the wind!
Anyone looking at girls gets smacked on the head;
"Brother, take your book and study from eight to five!
You don't even have to study, just pretend to study!
Hey, when the five o'clock bell rings, grab a seat on the bus!"
Grab a seat on the bus, or else the footboard is your fate,
Grab onto one of the first two steps!
Standing there and hanging on,
Begging someone for a seat,
Is the fate written on every guy's forehead.
Reaching home at six o'clock,
I ask my mom for some coffee.
"My TV serial isn't over yet, you wait!"
As she says that, tears well up in my eyes.
Dizzy, I collapse onto the bed,
Facebook and WhatsApp won't leave me alone!
In the middle of all this, homework and assignments,
There is no one here to hear our cries!
Saturday and Sunday are working days too,
They are torturing the life out of us, God!
We can't even live like human beings,
I don't want this college at all... just let me go, guys!
Whose fault is this?
Whose fault is this?
This whole system is wrong!
What crazy money for a college seat!
What crazy money for a college seat!
Whose fault is this?
Whose fault is this?
This whole system is wrong!
What crazy money for a college seat!
I didn't like what I studied,
I didn't study what I liked,
No job after graduating,
Now staring blankly on the streets.
I didn't like what I studied,
I didn't study what I liked,
No job after graduating,
Now staring blankly on the streets.
You make a fortune just selling admission forms,
Dazzling the whole town with your flashy ads!
Paying hefty donations, you got me enrolled here;
I don't understand anything, I can't take this anymore, oh no!
They want my daddy's money!
Everything happening here is wrong!
They want my daddy's money!
Everything happening here is wrong!
I didn't like what I studied, Daddy!
I didn't study what I loved, Mummy!
I didn't understand anything I studied, Daddy!
I didn't get anything I loved, Mummy!
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