Even Stranger

Even Stranger...
(sung to the tune of 'Stranger' by Billy Joel)
		lyrics by Haruka Takano
		written:	08-Oct-80
		revised:	20-Oct-80
		re-revised:	05-Nov-80

Verse I:
Well, we all make mistakes
When we're working on our programs
We can point them out and show ourselves
How trivial they are,
Some are subtle, some are strange,
Some are typed, and some are mental,
They can always be avoided
But we make them just the same.

Verse II:
Well, we all sometimes hack
And we disregard the danger
When our changes seem so simple
And we think, "What can go wrong?"
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the errors?
Did you ever let your ego
See the errors in yourself?

Chorus:	Don't be afraid to try again;
	Everything goes sour
	Every now and then.
	"It should have worked right from the start."
	You should know by now
	How rarely that occurs.

Verse III:
Well, I used to believe
I was such a great programmer
When I came upon an error
That I did not recognize.
When I looked through all the sources
I could never find the error
It was then I felt the program
Kick me right between the eyes.

(Repeat Verse II)

(Chorus)

Verse IV
We will never understand
How these errors are inspired
Though they may not all be fatal
And are sometimes simply bugs.
If we take and document them
They are transformed into features
And you'd never realize
That they were errors all along.