When I can't log in

When I get source down from FTP

many megabytes,

will you still be dumping out core

from GCC, ls and more?

When I chase out the very last bug

will you crash again?

Must I still boot you, why don't I shoot you

when I can't log in.

I should be coding, coding in C

but my link has gone.

I get only timeouts from my UNIX site,

must I wait for boot ev'ry night?

And when at last I find the bad card

plug a new one in,

Must I still boot you, why don't I shoot you

when I can't log in.

All my files I have compressed to make a bit of hard disk space
but that's not enough
for my games of chess
and when I want my files
there's no decompress

When I get out and find me a job

I will wish me back

I will have to work on patches for MS-DOS

if I'm lucky, make a CMOS

I would be happy if just I could

ls /usr/games

I'd gladly boot you, I'd never shoot you

if I had login.