[Verse 1] But scientists they bicker and flail They still agree anthropology The test of science must fail The beautiful law is not for me [Chorus] The beautiful law of science culture Propose a question and look for an answer Let peers evaluate the conjecture At last to the public it can go I too am a scientist I made a hypothesis and tested it I follow the beautiful law [Verse 2] Examined adolescent sexuality extensively Went to remote Samoan islands long ago The subject studied comprehensively Nurture drove the youthful sexual mores Kinship group could not replicate the test For the culture it had changed The scientists they repudiate all the work I've done [Chorus] But I too am a scientist I made a hypothesis and tested it I sent the data for peer review I follow the beautiful law [Bridge] I ask are scientists truly meticulous Do they really follow the beautiful law Is none of their data ridiculous Do they ever show the useful flaws I say they're not disinterested Nor divorced from common culture They are not to be fully trusted They are influenced by their peers [Chorus] My science is soft my tools aren't mathematical Their science is hard their tools are quantitative My science is not always practical But money flows to the most authoritative [Outro] But I too am a scientist I made a hypothesis and tested it I too am a scientist I made a hypothesis and tested it I too am a scientist I made a hypothesis and tested it I follow the beautiful law Follow the beautiful law The best I could I follow the beautiful law The beautiful law Beautiful law
