he's keeping busy   yeah he's bleeding stones   with his machinations and his palindromes   it was anything but hear the voice   anything but hear the voice   it was anything but hear the voice   that says that we're all basically alone      poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions   when he put his Bunsen burners all away   and turning to a playground in a Petri dish   where single cells would swing their fists   at anything that looks like easy prey   it's nature's show that rages every day   it was then he heard his intuition say      we were all basically alone   and despite what all his studies had shown   that what's mistaken for closeness   is just a case for mitosis   and why do some show no mercy   while others are painfully shy   tell me doctor can you quantify   'cause he just wants to know the reason    the reason why      why do they congregate in groups of four   scatter like a billion spores   and let the wind just carry them away   hows can kids be so mean   our famous doctor tried to glean   as he went home at the end of the day   in this nature show that rages every day   it was then he heard his intuition say      we were all basically alone   despite what all his studies had shown   that what's mistaken for closeness   is just a case of mitosis   sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis   and why do some show no mercy   while others are painfully shy   tell me doctor, can you quantify?   the reason why