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Original song Women and Men
Original artist They Might Be Giants
Filk author Bridget Spitznagel
Intro Though inspired by one class in particular, this song is dedicated to all those who've found themselves awake for 30 or more consecutive hours in order to finish a project on time.

All-Nighter Hell

When your brain turns into oatmeal
And your code has run aground
Home's where you know you should be found
Now there's nothing unexpected
'Bout the caffeine giving out
(Yawn)'s not a word you have to shout
But there's something outside the window
Moving past the horizon
Now things are casting shadows
Making as if to say
All-nighter-hell
Sunrise with its messages of pain
And suddenly you know bugs will grow
When you see the spreading "rosy fingers"
Of the dawn, it's time to go
Sunlight through the slitted window
Will now begin to pour
Out 'cross the floor and to the door
Two by two the coke cans pile up,
And soon they number more
Three by three as well as four by four
Now the sound of people gets louder
But there's something outside the window
Moving past the horizon
Now things are casting shadows
Making as if to say
All-nighter-hell
Sunrise with its messages of pain
And suddenly you know bugs will grow
When you see the spreading "rosy fingers"
Of the dawn, it's time to go
Sunlight through the slitted window
Will now begin to pour
Out 'cross the floor and to the door
Two by two the coke cans pile up,
And soon they number more
Three by three as well as four by four
Now the sound of people gets louder
Seeping in through the headphones
See them out in the hallway
It's more than you can bear
All-nighter-hell

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