That Spells DNA by Jonathan Coulton

We start the story when Mom met Dad
And they danced all night and he took her home
It might have been all the wine they had
But they rolled the dice and won your genome

Then you grew and you grew and one day you were you
And you looked like your father and mother
If youre looking for someone convenient to blame
You can take your pick its one or the other

DNA, youre in my heart
DNA, in fact youre in every part of my body
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA

Guanine met Cytosine, fell in love
And then Thymine got busy with Adenine
They sent the messenger-RNA
To the ribosome to make more protein

And while its killing you dead it will mess with your head
And its the light in the dark that will guide you
Its the pages and pages of what you are like
In the giant book thats hidden inside you

DNA, youre in my heart
DNA, in fact youre in every part of my body
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA

If it says TGGTCGAAC
Then you might get the cancer
If it says GTCACGACAGG
Then you shouldnt eat shrimp or nuts
If it says TATACACATATCCTCGT
Then youll probably wish that you didnt know

The time will come when youre almost gone
And you try to guess but youll never know
You do your best and you soldier on
Every day youre here till its time to go

All the good things and bad that you do or dont have
You can find out for sure if you got em
But theres a spiraling staircase that youre falling down
And youre nothing but dead at the bottom

DNA, youre in my heart
DNA, in fact youre in every part of my body
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA

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[KoalaOdder]

I'd wish JoCo was my biology teacher...

[TheRmbomo]

"Class, we are going to learn about biology" says teacher

"Awwwww..." goes the class (teacher turns projector on...)

"We start the story....."

[maxaslagolis]

@KoalaOdder Me to my Bio Teacher a complete bitch...

[XMMxmmXM]

@columbus8myhw It's something he added as a joke. It's not actually a DNA sequence.

[TheOperative2K]

TATCGATACAGTATGCTA

[deathnotefan386]

Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

[zjpeters1]

@columbus8myhw It seems to be part of the TATA box. A promoter in eukaryotes.

[Ringthehedgehog]

@JohnsonBruno1 this song IS study.

(lol not really ... well sorta)

[JohnsonBruno1]

Why am I listening to A song Instad of Studying 

[Ringthehedgehog]

@columbus8myhw nothing

[columbus8myhw]

What's TATACACATATCCTCGT?

[Coltskid26]

Cool song