The Epidemiologist

The best laid plans can oft go to fuckery

Run-down B&Bs can turn to luxury

A wish that is wasted still can be granted

Hope that is doped still can be planted

I search and I search

I lurch headlong into atrocities

With an exponential known only to epidemiologists

Little pink Kenzo, little blue benzos

Hip Hop, Be-Bop, old blues and punk rocker

Heads that are shrunken still can be clever

Ships that are sunken can still hold treasure

I search and search

And lurch headlong into atrocities

With a velocity known only to very few astronauts

Few are, few are... very few astronauts

Few are, few are...

I search and I search

And lurch... I lurch headlong into such atrocities

With an exponential known only to epidemiology

Dashiell Hammett

Émile Ajar

Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart

Jean Seberg

Daniel Darc

Panic in the streets and panic in Needle Park

Oh yes, I search and I search

And I lurch, I lurch headlong into atrocity

With an exponential known only to very few epi...

Epi, epi, epi, epidemiologists

Epi, epi, epi, epi, epi, epidemiologists

Epi, epi, epi, epidemiologists