Recede from The Tower by Dr. B. (Durrell Bowman, Ph.D.)

Intro

Chorus:
I thought that you thought that I thought
that I would succeed.
You thought that I thought that you thought
that I had agreed.
Succeed. Agreed. Mislead. Recede.

Verse 1:
In my defence, I believed that I’d become one of you,
But it seems I was mistaken, and it just was never true.
Every year, you’re off to conferences—
all these different places,
But I’ve not flown anywhere in sixteen years,
and that’s outrageous.

Chorus

Verse 2:
You gave me lots of funding,
with assistantships and fellowships.
But afterwards I realized
there were very few professorships.
I never made the same amount of income again.
I struggled with no long-term job.
Academia’s just a pain.

Intro, with:
Succeed. Agreed. Mislead. Recede.

Verse 3 (combining Verse 1 and Verse 2):
In my defence, I believed that I’d become one of you,
But it seems I was mistaken, and it just was never true.
I never made the same amount of income again.
I struggled with no long-term job.
Academia’s just a pain.

Chorus

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