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)
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