Subject: : "After the Crash"
To: : Songs at SU-LOTS-B
cc: : H.Haruka at SU-LOTS-B
(Apologies to Neil Young - sung to the tune of "After the Gold Rush")
Well I dreamed I saw the LOTS consultant saying
there was something about to die,
There were users screaming and consoles beeping
and a message caught my eye,
"%DECSYSTEM-20 NOT RUNNING" was
on every T-T-Y,
Look at all the work the users lost, you can see them start to cry,
Look at all the work the users lost, you can see them start to cry.
I was sitting in the CERAS lobby
as the phosphors burned my eyes,
I was working on my program
when my job was killed by 'LINE,
There was a queue growing all the time
and the load was getting high,
I was wondering if I should go to bed or maybe get back in line,
Wondering if I should go to bed or maybe get back in line.
Well I thought I could debug my program and
be done before the morning sun,
I was setting break points and single-stepping
just to see what might be done,
All in a dream, all in a dream
LINK/LOADING had begun,
If my program works, I'll leave this place, and crash out in the sun,
If my program works, I'll leave this place, and crash out.