That Spells DNA

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 you're looking for someone convenient to blame

You can take your pick it's one or the other

DNA, you're in my heart

DNA, in fact you're 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 it's killing you dead it will mess with your head

And it's the light in the dark that will guide you

It's the pages and pages of what you are like

In the giant book that's hidden inside you

DNA, you're in my heart

DNA, in fact you're 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 shouldn't eat shrimp or nuts

If it says TATACACATATCCTCGT

Then you'll probably wish that you didn't know

The time will come when you're almost gone

And you try to guess but you'll never know

You do your best and you soldier on

Every day you're here till it's time to go

All the good things and bad that you do or don't have

You can find out for sure if you got 'em

But there's a spiraling staircase that you're falling down

And you're nothing but dead at the bottom

DNA, you're in my heart

DNA, in fact you're in every part of my body

Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes

And DNA, baby, that spells DNA