I Will Derive
Written by Juliane Fry
Sung by William Goddard


At first I was awake
I was bleary-eyed
Kept thinking I could never live
through yet another slide
But then I used so many bytes
finding out where you went wrong
And now it’s right
And it’s the middle of the night
and so you're back
from Hilbert space
I just woke up to find you here
in my office in my face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known at 3 am
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now, go
get out of here!
just turn around now
Cause your results are all unclear!
weren't you the one whose dipole moments were too high?
Did you think I'd snooze
Did you think I'd lay down and sleep
Oh yes I
I will derive
Oh as long as I use Jaguar
ab initio'll survive
I've got all my basis sets
I've formatted my diskettes,
and I'll derive
I will derive (hey-hey)

It took all the strength I had
not to crash the job
Just trying hard to mend the pieces
makes my fingers throb!
and I got up at 2 am
just feeling sorry for my group
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
and you see me
with D F T
I'm not that chained up little person
using Gaussian ’03 (“oh-three”)
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
and now I'm saving all my coffee
for my group (all seven-ty!)

Go on now go
walk out the door just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to find transition states?
You should’ve used Jaguar
Then you’d get better rates!
Oh yes, I
I will derive
Oh as long as I find minima
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my mind to give
and I'll derive
I will derive

Go on now go
walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to find transition states?
You should’ve used Jaguar
Then you’d get better rates!
Oh yes, I
I will derive
Oh as long as I find minima
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my mind to give
and I'll derive
I will derive
I will derive
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