Welcome to the hotel academia
Posted by John, January 22nd, 2016 - under Hotel Academia.
Welcome to the hotel academia
In a dark deserted classroom, stale odour in my hair
Warm smell of exams, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the room, I turned on the shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop research for the night
There I was in the doorway;
And students heard the bell
I was thinking to myself,
“This could be Heaven or this could be Hell”
Then I started the lecture and I showed them the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say…
Welcome to the Hotel Academia
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a great rat race
Plenty of unpaid work at the Hotel Academia
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here
Management’s Tiffany-twisted, they got the Mercedes bends
They got a lot of pretty donors they calls friends
How they corral in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some regulate to remember, some regulate to forget
So I called up the committee: Give me my PhD
They said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1963”
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel Academia
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a great rat race
Plenty of room at the Hotel Academia
Bosses are living it up at the Hotel Academia
What a nice surprise
(What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis
Student numbers under the ceiling, the courses are on ice
And the V-C says, “We are all just prisoners here of our own device”
And in the master’s chambers they gathered for their feast
They stab us with their steely knives but they just can’t kill us beasts
Last thing I remember I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the job I had before
“Relax,” said the Dean, “We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave”
Apologies to the Eagles.