Consultant Man


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Tracy Finifter

December 20, 1994

(Think Billy Joel) 

It's four o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd logs in
There's a user coming up to me
And the look in her face is quite grim

She says, "Please can you answer my questions?
I'm really at a loss what to do
My PC just crashed and my disk just got smashed
And tomorrow my papaer is due" 

Chorus:
Oh la la la dee dee da da
La la dee dee da da dum Help us with this, you're the Consultant Man
Answer our questions tonight
We need some of your profound wisdmon
To get our machines working right. 

Paul is a poli-sci major
Who doesn't have time for a life
And he's writing thesis, which he just hacked to pieces
By using a faulty disk drive 

And the managers all rave like lunatics
When somebdoy new drops a shift
And Brenda's just getting our hopes up 
when she tells us that she might just quit 

Chorus: 

Oh la la la dee dee da da
La la dee dee da da dum 

Help us with this, you're the Consultant Man
Answer our questions tonight
We need some of your profound wisdmon
To get our machines working right. 

Now John in 110 is a friend of mine
But with True Basic he hasn't a clue
And he sits at his Mac, always running emacs
'Cause he's got nothing better to do. 

He says, "Bill, this program is killing me."
As the terror now shows in his face
"I'll never figure out this for-loop
and I'll never get done at this pace. 

Chorus:

Oh la la la dee dee da da
La la dee dee da da dum 

Help us with this, you're the Consultant Man
Answer our questions tonight
We need some of your profound wisdmon
To get our machines working right. 

It's a pretty big crowd for a Saturday
As the users all claim their printouts
I've cleaned all the screens and I pack up my things
All set to get the hell out 

And the delivery man comes to room 9
A hot mushroom pizza in hand
Though I'd love to stay, i must leave anyway
I have another shaift over at CACC 

Chorus:

Oh la la la dee dee da da
La la dee dee da da dum Help us with this, you're the Consultant Man
Answer our questions tonight
We need some of your profound wisdmon
To get our machines working right.

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