We've ideas
We have the smarts
We work hard
Doing all our parts
Our journey's long
Right from the start
In the race of minds
We're off the charts

Ivy halls, we must flourish
Grind till dawn:
Publish or Perish!
Publish or Perish!

Submission sent
We thirst for acclaim
"Rejected" returns
Dousing our flame
Try once more, "no"
Strikes again, same
"Revise, resubmit"
A demanding game

Top publications we cherish
Ride or die: Publish or Perish!
Publish or Perish!

"Where's your paper?"
Colleagues ask in a dare
"Still under review"
I respond with despair
Many years of work
Caught in a dance
For publication
Still clinging to chance

Our work, we deeply relish
Fight to the end:
Publish or Perish!

We must flourish
Publish or Perish!
Dreams we cherish
Publish or Perish!
Ideas we nourish
Publish or Perish!
Our work we relish
Publish or Perish!
Our work we relish
Publish or Perish!