There must be more to life than computers Networks drives print queues users Staring at a screen all day Wishing fault calls would go away Sometimes I wish I had a life But then sometimes I grab the knife Never mind it's pay-day soon To pay the bills to rent the room There must be more to life than computers But if there is it doesn't suit us They call us names like nerd and geek But oftentimes our help they seek We may not be intellectuals But we remember passwords, fix DLLs And all those myriads of things So that with joy they shout and sing Their computers work, they smile with glee But do they thank us, you and me No we just do repetitive tasks So they can take their tape drives and ram up their with either hand We'll leave them to it, on their own And they can weep and rant and moan
© 1997 Owain F Carter.