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Someone's Computer
Tom Paxton
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I don't know what happened, the telephone rang and I answered
The man on the telephone told me my bill was past due
I told the man this wasn't even my phone
When over the line there came such a weird tone
Now I'm speaking to you from deep down inside someone's computer
They don't let me eat much, they basically feed me on numbers
I'm sorting out zip codes and counting the cars in Beloit
I'm helping young Johnny learn geometry
But the devil he cares about rescuing me
Though he probably knows that I'm trapped deep inside his computer
I'm not alone, there's a bunch of us down here together
Clean living folks who are trying to get by somehow
None of us knows what the Sam Hill we did to deserve this
Each of us heard a mysterious tone and then pow!
I hate adding numbers, so guess what I'm doing forever?
I'm running a mailing list, nudging some deadbeats for Sears
I'd love to play Pac-Man or Star Wars, but no
We're too serious here, we're all business
So I'm a yuppie forever, deep down inside someone's computer
Now that I think of it, lots of my friends have gone missing
Do you suppose that it got them the way it got me?
Hardworking guys who were hard put to add on their fingers
Slaving their lives away running somebody's PC
Well, I'm not gonna panic, I'm carefully taking my bearings
And one of these days when I'm ready, I'm making my move
Till then keep on watching your monitor screen
If you see some poor devil in blue, red and green
It's just me, I'm still trapped here
Deep down inside someone's computer
It's just me, I'm still trapped here
Deep down inside someone's computer