Kathy Mar - Calm Down lyrics

The Techies have invaded they're everywhere you look

And every conversation is a dull computer book

They rant about assembly and rave of memories

I'd love to find some way to tell them I don't speak Technese

Chorus: Calm down, it's only ones and zeros

Calm down, it's only bits and bytes

Calm down and speak to me in English

Please realize that I'm not one of your computerites

They stand around for hours as I'm sure you've seen and heard

But only other Techies understand a single word

With firmware, hardware, software, beware never turn your back

The guy you thought was liveware is another Techie hack

The Techie faction's growing, the day may be at hand

When everyone must learn Technese by government command

I'd rather be a renegade and speak in rhyme and verse

Technese is bad for everyday their poetry is worse

I think I'll learn to program and when I know it well

I'll rearrange each mainframe clear from here to Hacker's Hell

It may take me a lifetime but when I'm finally through

The damned computers all will talk like normal people do

Chorus: Calm down, it's only ones and zeros

Calm down, it's only bits and bytes

Calm down and speak to me in English

Unless you want to sleep alone through all your future nights

I've had enough and one more word will cause some awful fights

Please realize that I'm not one of your computerites, oh, no.

Words and music: Kathy Mar

Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar