Shallow End Of The Gene Pool Lyrics - Singles - Austin Lounge Lizards

(Emily Kaitz) 

My Daddy was a man of letters 

My Mama was a head of state 

And when they got their chromosomes together 

They gave me all of their recessive traits 

I'm an embarrassment to evolution 

My disposition is unstable and cruel 

My blood's a catastrophic blend 

'Cause I'm from the shallow end of the gene pool 

My IQ is a negative number 

I've got a sense of humor no one can stand 

And my development was seriously encumbered 

By playing music with the Lounge Lizards band 

I'm a social director's nightmare 

At dinner parties I just babble and drool 

It's not easy making friends 

When you're from the shallow end of the gene pool 

Chorus: 

I'm from the shallow end of the gene pool 

My x-rays make the doctors laugh 

When they tried to chart my EEG waves 

Well I wasn't even on the graph 

Biological research is booming 

They're making breakthroughs like you wouldn't believe 

They say genetic engineering in humans 

Will someday soon be a reality 

I'm gonna get me a DNA transplant 

They're gonna rearrange my molecules 

Some natural laws will have to bend 

To get me from the shallow end of the gene pool