Life in the Fos Lane

He was a bald headed man
He was brutally handsome

And they were terminally busy

They held him up
And he held them for ransom

In a lab in a cold, cold city

He had a nasty reputation
As a cru-el dude

They said he was ruthless,
Said he was crude

They had one thing in common
They were always uptight

He'd say "Faster, faster,
Let's publish by tonight"

Life in the fos lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fos lane

Eager for action
Hot for the game

The Sephadex fraction
The quest for the fame

They read all the right journals
They paid gigantic bills

They threw outrageous parties
They had infamous spills

There were bands on the Northern
But no counts could be traced

He pretended not to notice
He was caught up in the race

In every evening, until it was light
They were so tired, they faked it
He was too tired to fight about it

Life in the fos lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fos lane
Life in the fos lane

Everything, all the time
Life in the fos lane

Rapid and transient
Transcribed in a burst

In all cell responses
c-fos turns on first

He said listen Bernie
We need space to work in

We've been up and down this hallway
And never seen Ed Lin

He said call Howard Hughes
I think I'm gonna crash

Six post-docs are coming
And I'm almost out of cash

He kept pushing them to publish
"Go for Cell" he would shout

They didn't care
They were just dying to get out

And it was
Life in the fos lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fos lane
Life in the fos lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fos lane (3X)