Roughly to the tune of Heartbreak Hotel
Well since I got rejected
From NSF and DOD
I've been at the bench for three lonely years for
a blank CV
[Chorus]
Yeah, PhD blues,
Got the PhD blues,
Well this P-h-D is
killing me.
Well my PCRs a failure
Just like my transformation
And I've been cloning GFP since
I don't know when
PhD blues,
Got the PhD blues,
Well this P-h-D is
killing me.
Well I finally wrote my thesis
The data are all so clear
But my PI's controls will take me
Five more years
Got the PhD blues,
Yeah, PhD blues,
Well this P-h-D will
never be.
[instrumental break]
Well I've heard of Armageddon
And I've heard of twenty-twelve
I've even been told that there's a
Heaven and hell.
Well I can't predict my fate
No I don't know my destiny
But when I die I still won't have my
GOD DAMN PhD!
Got the PhD blues,
Yeah, PhD blues,
Well this P-h-D is just a
fantasy.
