Here on campus there's a long division
Which no formula could reconcile
So just put your slide rule down my friend
You're only in denial

Once you dreamed that we could live in harmony
And work together side by side
And be judged not by the clothes we wear
Or whether we're cross-eyed

But now that dream is empty words
My friend, it's a fact of life
The jocks are always gonna hate the nerds

Here on campus liberty eludes us
And fraternity's a mindless fad
And equality just means the jocks
Treat everybody bad

Now you see them trundling down the avenue
With spitballs crusting in their hair
Now the heavy blade falls down, down, down
And you're playing Robespierre

And now that dream is on the rocks
My friend, just get used to it
The nerds will never overthrow the jocks

Here on campus girls won't even talk to you
If you're not on the football squad
Even when you call them to explain
How their reasoning is flawed

Well someday brains may just suffice
My friend, but until that day
We nerds can only dream of paradise
Cos maybe there the girls will treat us nice
I'm talking 'bout the nerds in paradise