The Inventor’s Song

This was originally posted 15 years ago, on the late and lamented UCT Blogs site, which was wiped clean in 2016. But I kept everything.

Well, I’ve been an inventor, full many a year
Dreamed up six new vaccines, and a new kind of beer
Never earned me a cent, until out of the blue
Big Pharma came knockin’, and licenced stuff too

And it’s no, nay never
No nay never no more
Will I teach undergraduates
No never, no more

As down in the depths of our dark labs we slave
Commercialization is the new thing we crave
It’s no more the papers, or reviews and such
For the life of a teacher don’t reward you much

And it’s no, nay never
No, nay never no more
Will I mark those exam scripts
No never, no more

So I say to you lecturers, and postdocs and folk
Forsake academia, for the money’s a joke
Throw down your lab coats, and walk out that door
And come work with me…wait, what was that? The deal is no more??

And it’s no, nay never
No, nay never no more
Will I dream of great riches

No never, no more….

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