Tom Paxton - Someone's Computer lyrics

I don't know what happened The telephone rang and I answered The man on the telephone told me my bill was past due I told the man this wasn't even my ‘phone When over the line there came such a weird tone Now I'm speaking to you from deep down inside someone's computer They don't let me eat much They basically feed me on numbers I'm sorting out zip-codes and counting the cars in Beloit I'm helping young Johnny learn geometry But the devil he cares about rescuing me Though he probably knows that I'm trapped deep inside his computer I'm not alone - there's a bunch of down here together Clean-livin' folks who were trying to get by somehow None of knows what the Sam Hill we did to deserve this Each of us heard a mysterious tone and then powww... I hate adding numbers So guess what I'm doing forever I'm running a mailing list dunning some dead-beats for Sears I'd love to play Packman or Star Wars But no, we're too serious here - we're all business So I'm a Yuppie forever deep down inside someone's computer Now that I think of it, lots of my friends have gone missing Do you suppose that it got ‘em the way it got me Hard-working guys who were hard put to add on their fingers Slaving their lives away, running somebody's PC Well I'm not gonna panic I'm carefully taking my bearings And one of these days when I'm ready I'm making my move ‘Til then keep on watching your monitor screen If you see some poor devil in blue, red and green It's just me I'm still trapped here deep down insid e someone's computer...puter...puter...puter... It's just me I'm still trapped here deep down inside someone's computer