A friend of mine he cries at night And he calls me on the phone All his friends have Ph.D.'s And he wants one of his own. He's waited long enough he says Still there's bugs he cannot hide Pretty soon he must defend And it tears him up inside. He's afraid, afraid he won't leave the lab. I've lost my friends, they've all moved on And I watch my labmates change I know they stare at me And it makes us both feel strange. No matter how you tell yourself It's what we all go through New students are hard to take When they're leavin' before you. He is scared, scared of the changing lab. When did the orals get so hard With so much more at stake Sleep gets mighty precious When there's less of it to waste. Mmmm.... Escape, he's got to escape the lab. Just when I thought I'd finished it And all my programs run, They gave my thesis back to me And rejected the son-of-a-gun. The Olympics came along And showed me that it all could be fun. Now that I've got good friends again I doubt I'll ever be done. My new friends, babe, friends in the AI Lab. It's all fun now, darlin', fun in the AI Lab. The Olympics, baby, the games of the AI Lab. |
verse: Dm7 ----------------- C/E --------------------- Dm7/F ---------- C/G ----- A friend of mine, he cries at night And he calls me on the phone Dm7 ----------------- C/E --------------------- Dm7/F ---------- C/G ----- All his friends have PhD's And he wants one of his own Dm7 ----------------- C/E --------------------- Dm7/F ---------- C/G ----- He's waited long enough he says Still there's bugs he cannot hide Dm7 ----------------- C/E --------------------- Ddim+C/F ------- Am ------ Pretty soon he must defend And it tears him up inside refrain: Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- C/E ------------ C ------- He's afraid afraid he'll run out__ of time [next verse & refrain have same chords] Bridge: Bb(/F?) --------------- F --------------------- C/E ------------ C/G ----- When did the orals get so hard with so much more at stake Dm7 ------------------- C/E ------------------- Ddim+C/F ------- Am/E ---- Sleep gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste [double refrain] Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- Dm7 ------------ G ------- Mmmm Escape Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- C/G ------------ C ------- He's got to escape__ the lab. [another verse with same verse chords] Coda: [triple refrain] Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- Dm7 ------------ G ------- Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- Dm7 ------------ G ------- Dm7 ----------------- G ----------------------- C ------------------------ |