As I sit at my desk
just writing some code
I take a look at my life
and thought I'd write me an ode.
But that's not unusual for a guy like me.
I'm prone to bouts of spontaneity.
Going off on this tangent
though there's work to do.
What I do here,
no one has a clue. Cool!
So if no one sees me playing my games, then
they'll never know how little I do.
I'm the man with the plan, I design it myself.
Copy to the LAN this software off the shelf.
But if I change some of the windows to make it look home grown,
then I can tell everyone that I wrote it on my own.

I've been spending most my life
working in this programmer's paradise.
The view from my desk is really nice
working in this programmer's paradise.
Get Mountain Dew at a discount price
working in this programmer's paradise.
Lunch is pizza by the slice
working in this programmer's paradise.

Downloaded the latest beta copy off the net
of the coolest C compiler that few can get.
I'm on all the beta lists
because they don't know
that my position here is not really CEO.
I even get source code sometimes
of some secret app.
Why send it to me?
Cause they know I can rap.
I get these music apps,
cause I'm the type they seek:
a decent programmer
who's not a total geek. Cool!
I can recall songs
with relative ease.
I can use a keyboard
that has black and white keys.
I get paid to do this
while on company time
though right now, I can't think of a good rhyme.

There's no phone, no fax, no darn E-mail
to ever interrupt me.
I'm a mysterious figure
that users will never see.

I've been wasting most my life
working in this programmer's paradise.
Use three buttons on the mice
working in this programmer's paradise.
Never have to type things twice
working in this programmer's paradise.
My sleep time I don't sacrifice
working in this programmer's paradise.

Compiling the system,
making some EXEs.
There are no errors.
I'll copy to CDs.
Think that I am lying?
Think I'm full of crap?
Well, I can't imagine that could happen in a rap.
I'm the computer guru that the users talk about
fixing all their problems
before they start to pout.
So better be nice and don't talk behind my back
or I'll take your IBM
and replace it with a Mac.

This is how I'll spend my life
working in this programmer's paradise.
Have enough time to roll some dice
working in this programmer's paradise.
Goofing off is my main vice
working in this programmer's paradise.
So if you follow my advice
you could work in a programmer's paradise.