Call Them X

When I was boy in Utrecht technical school The teachers said that I, I broke every rule Drawing him with crooked teeth and mouth It was not me, it was that stinker Klaus! They kicked me out for the world to see I could not got to Utrecht University X! X is for unknown X rays, X rays I want to see your bones X! My rays from vacuum tube X rays! X rays! I'll see you in the nude. To Zurich I went to get my PHD It was a very wonderful University Then I thought I could go and see my aunt Columbia had offered me a grant It seemed that I was just too late When war broke out I just couldn't emigrate X! X is for unknown X rays! X rays! I want to see your bones, call them X! Don't name them after me X rays! X rays! Now I've got my PHD It was early november I was working in my room Passing a charge through a tube with a vacuum A shimmering light upon the screen A skeleton could plain be seen Call them X! X is for unknown X rays! X rays! I want to see your bones, call them X! They're messing with my head X rays! X rays! I'll stay behind the lead My life has been full of discovery But please do not remember me A humble man until my dying day But I wouldn't mind a nobel prize one day Burn my papers when I am dead And do please remember to stay behind the lead X! X is for unknown X rays! X rays! I want to see your bones X! My rays from vacuum tube X rays! X rays! I'll see you in the tube, call them X! They're messing with my head X rays! X rays! I'll stay behind the lead, call them X! Don't name them after me X rays! X rays! I've got my PHD, call them X! X rays! X is for unknown X rays! X rays! Just show me your bones X! X rays! X rays! X rays! X rays!