Killer-Byte Blues Songtext
von Orrin Star

You know I hated math in high school
Thought typing was for the birds
But when the Silicon Valley exploded
It was the shot heard ′round the world
Of my new disk drive
And a whole new attitude
And now the only time I'm sad′s when
I get them kilobyte blues

I was a-cruisin' on the bulletin boards
One fine afternoon
I met a hot little gal
Said, "Will you boot up with me soon?"
And she flashed her cursor
I flashed mine
And the rest, as they say, is data
We had a grand old time


And I put it to her straight, I said
I'll format your disk
I′ll input your files
I′ll plug in my modem
And autodial you in style

'Cause when I′m online with you, baby
There's no way we can lose
But when there′s no one at the keyboard
I get them kilobyte blues

It's worse!
My peripherals won′t configure
There's a surge in my line
My daisy wheel's got weeds
But hey, I don′t mind
′Cause when I'm online with you, baby
There′s no way we can lose
But when there's no one at the keyboard
I get them kilobyte blues
I′ll input it right now!


My user's group is "use me"
My terminal′s terminal
My spreadsheet's not fitted
IBM can go to hell!
Tell me, mama, hoo!
Will your database manager be?
You know I don't mind consultin′
When I′m at my VDT
Video display terminal
Come on, get with it now!

And I'll format your disk
I′ll input your files
I'll plug in my modem
And autodial you in style

′Cause when I'm online with you, baby
There′s no way we can lose
But when there's no one at the keyboard

At the keyboard, at the keyboard
At the keyboard, at the keyboard
I get them kilobyte blues