Thursday, June 30, 2011

Computers

I have a feeling that life would be better without these computers
Pulling everyone apart, so that all these losers
Can sit and chat on the internet all day
Saying whatever things they want to say
Ranting about politics, movies, or the even the weather
Everyone's got a voice now is how its described in the paper
Which is online now conveniently
Causing death to the noble paper industry
And Facebook isn't helping things much
Letting us all connect and keep in touch
But is that really what it does?
Or does it let us meet people without meeting up?
This generation doesn't know how to call friends
They'd rather text the news before speaking to them

This generation's lack of communication is
Already replacing the sensation
Of calling someone up on a date after the wait
Of the universally accepted two days
After you meet some nice girl at a party
And she gives you her number and says call me
There's no Facebook, no texting
No flirting through impersonal messaging
Instead you lay awake that night
Wanting to call every time you might
Happen to look at the clock
Time moves slowly when you know you've got
48 more hours until you're able to call
And the butterflies are floating around in your stomach
And you can't get on Facebook, look up, and start pumping
Your mind full of the things that she likes
On her profile page after she accepts your invite
To be your friend in a strictly digital sense
So you can talk about things she's already mentioned
On the computer that's she passionate for
And you're not interested in them so you're
Pandering to her good natured body
Not at all interested in her personality
You can just fake it and be totally phony
And she'd never know it until the next morning

Computers have changed things in so many ways
Direct deposit? I'd rather stare my check in the face
How can you trust this system of digital money?
Is it even real or is it a funny
Joke on Americans to keep us in check
Letting the government take whatever they want when they can't
Seem to squeeze any more money into the national debt
And then we see our money gone and start to fret
We we all victims of identity theft?
The nation's in turmoil and we can't forget
That we never even saw our money and what we have left
Is what's in our wallet, and not in our checks
But who carries cash anymore? It seems to be dead
Like bellbottoms, buses, and aerosol cans
All our cash disappeared with the rest
I wish I kept all my money under my bed
In my piggy bank I got back when I was ten
On my birthday I thought I was too old for it then
Now I wished I didn't smash it over and over again

This probably won't happen but just stop and think
How far will we go with this computer thing?
Was life simpler back in the day?
Maybe, but we've got to live with the mistakes we've made

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Those Dang Kids!

When I was a kid in high school I thought I had it all
Straight A's, kinda tall, and had a bounce when I walked
My Math class was the worst because everyone was stupid
And I'd lose it when the teacher would stop class just to prove it
He would always say we were the worst class he ever had
He failed us so bad that we all got mad and told our dads
That he touched us in a place that made us sad
So he got fired the next day and the class was ecstatic
But the next teacher was so pale he could've been locked in an attic
For at least 30 years and that would explain his appearance
He disappeared when the lights were on and we couldn't even see him
So this bully kid started making fun of him one day
And the whole class laughed except me because that bully's gay

So I told him to shut his fat face when he was yelling
That the teacher's skeleton was as visible as his melon-
Shaped head that was too big for his puny shoulders
That one probably hurt and cut so deep it burned
The teacher because his eyes locked and watered up
And you'd need a huge cup to catch all the tears that dropped
Then the bully turned around and looked straight at me
Asking if there was a problem and if I knew wrestling
Because he was the captain of our school's team and he religiously
Practiced every day so no one would dare to be messing
Around with him because he knew how to fight and he egged me
That I would drop in two seconds flat if he test me
But I said fuck you, I'm not scared, there's no pee in my underwear
So he crossed the room like a giant bear, from here to there, and grabbed me by my hair

He threw me across the room so fast from the front to the back
That my head hit the wall with a sound like splat
When I got up he was rushing at me and put me in a headlock,
Told me to say uncle but I said suck my cock
So he threw me again, this time over a desk
And I wished I had a gun and a bulletproof vest
Because I would've ended him right there in the classroom
But I was armed only with my brain and my attitude
So I grabbed the stapler and bashed him over the head
Pierced his skull through his forehead and pulled his long dreads
He screamed out loud and I shouted a loud "Yes!"
I banged his head against the wall and asked if he could breathe
And I know he couldn't see because his eyes welled up instantly
From all the pain I had caused him as he started to cry
He better kiss that badass reputation goodbye
Because I just destroyed it and some of his soul at that
All because I defended a teacher during Math.