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Thread #19504   Message #199855
Posted By: Homeless
23-Mar-00 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! Part 18
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 18
I've never, in my life, ever had any desire to write songs or lyrics. Then I got on Mudcat and saw these challenges. That being said, here's my submission for this challenge...


On Friday night I was sitting tight, figuring my bills.
The software on my new PC was fixing up those ills.
When suddenly the numbers that I saw gave me a fright
All those triple sixes sure did make my face turn white.

Now I have heard a rumor that this box can be the host
of demon, devil, minion, wicked ilk or evil ghost.
I never thought that it was true, but now I'm not so sure.
The gibberish spewing on my screen seems anything but pure.

What would be the purpose of the devil in this box?
Is he thirsting for my soul, or just my txts and docs?
Has Satan spread his minions 'round the world via virus?
Has he sent them out to claim the soul of every one of us?

Chorus
Is Bill Gates the AntiChrist or is he just a man?
Does he hold the world in a big red claw? Does he have some evil plan?
If I buy a new PC, just what all do I get?
Is Satan well and living deep inside the internet?

Computers fill the common man with a new kind of greed.
"Honey, just this one upgrade? It's all I'll ever need!"
This new game is all the rage, it's filled with blood and gore.
But I don't have quite enough RAM, I need just 8 meg more.

Now you can trust he uses lust. Oh the pictures you can find
Of men and women, bottom, top, in front and behind.
Girls with men, and girls with girls, and girls with animals.
He's got ahold of all the souls of those poor horny fools.

We neglect our jobs and friends for those we know online.
It seems behind a keyboard is where I spend all my time.
Identities are up for grabs, take any that you pick.
Maybe those anonymous posts are coming from Old Nick.

(chorus)

Those that like their Linux, and others who use Macs
May think that they are safely hidden from evil attacks.
But Reverend Jim of Georgia (foremost authority)
will take your misconception and he'll cast it to the sea.

A big hard drive, post '85, is all that you will need
to host your very own demon or other evil breed.
Now big Jim tells us that a spirit lives in one in ten,
But can be exorcised by the clergy or technicians.

So if you think that some dark force visits you on line
It may be the devil with your soul upon his mind.
Now when you hear this story you may choose to laugh or scoff.
But know you this, the best escape, is turn the damned thing off!

(chorus)