[Intro]
(Doo dee doo dee doo dee doo)
(Doo dee doo dee doo dee doo)

[Verse 1]
He don't play football, golf, or guitar
He's never been on Bandstand, Sullivan, or Parr
He's just not important 'cause he ain't a star

[Chorus]
(He's just a scientist)
He just fools around with bottles and tubes
(He's just a scientist)
He's so square he's a cube
(He's just a scientist)
Big thick glasses
And he's bald
(He's just a scientist)
A-that's all

[Verse 2]
All the games are won by big and brawny halfbacks
And marshals find out rustlers by their horses' tracks
But who's gonna get us to the moon and back?

[Chorus]
(He'll be a scientist)
I think it's inhumane
(Hey, just a scientist)
Sendin' those poor little monkeys up in that thing
(Yeah, just a scientist)
I think there oughtta be a law
There oughtta be a law
(He's just a scientist)
That's all
[Bridge]
Everybody's flippin' over Fabian
Or Frankie Avalon
But nobody ever seems to give a flip
Over Dr. Wernher von Braun

[Chorus]
('Cause he's just a scientist)
He's nobody's fool
(He's just a scientist)
Workin' on that slide rule
(He's just a scientist)
He's big and tall
(He's just a scientist)
A-that's all

[Bridge]
Now all that we remember is that Thunderbird
That knocked us out and made us go
But we done forgot about the polio shot
Invented by Dr. Salk

[Chorus]
('Cause he's just a scientist)
That's somethin' I've got to get
(He's just a scientist)
I ain't got mine yet either
(He's just a scientist)
But I guess we can wait till fall
(He's just a scientist)
A-that's all
[Outro]
(Doo dee doo dee doo dee doo)
He's just a scientist
(Doo dee doo dee doo dee doo)
He's just a scientist
(Doo dee doo dee doo dee doo)
He's just a scientist