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To all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell It's been a long career Of splitting open atoms with government funds I'll never forget transplanting retinas And federal agendas that we scorned Dear like minded friends Never forget what you've learned They've taken my microscope And my radiation lab pass I've packed up my pictures Of my dear wife, my siblings And my scientist dad I'm planning to open a newspaper stand With a shoe shine chair just for a laugh While I'm selling the present My mind will drift back to the past To all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell Some of us are religious But most of us think we're just bones, flesh, and cells I'll guess we'll find out When our hearts stop ticking And our brains stop working so well Can't say I'm looking forward To being the first one to tell To my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell To all my To all my To all my