wage slaves
working hard on their tasks
wage slaves
wishing they'd go away
wage slaves
crushed down by corporate tyranny
wage slaves
begin to think it's a conspiracy

this code that you wrote, you did terribly
rewrite it all now, you have until three
the demo must run, and work perfectly
you'll get paid, earn your wage
happiness in programming

wage slaves
software demands on their minds
wage slaves
the deadline passed yesterday
wage slaves
fingers raw from typing a bunch
wage slaves
don't know the last time I stopped for lunch

this new GUI, it's just got to go
don't use macintosh, I'll tell you so
a new interface, that's what we must show
work all night, do it right
happiness in programming

i don't know -- what's stdin?
i don't know where that code's been
what the fuck?
another core file I must delete?
Oh wait a minute, I see
i forgot to include my lib-rar-y
i must type, do file writes
happiness in programming

-- eric garbos