Flame Wars and Spam

lyrics (c)1996 by Nancy Louise Freeman
tune: "Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez

 

Well I'll be spammed; here comes your post again 
But that's not unusual
It's just that the bandwidth is full
And I happened to poll.

Now out of the blue you tell me Pearl Jam rules
Well yes you always did tell me that
And everyone else as well
On alt-music-star

I see you now teaching pre-schoolers to make
	a chain-letter bomb
Now you're spamming Wang Chung all over
	apoc'lypse-dot-com
Or selling infected virus-detection software
	by way of Taiwan
Speaking strictly for myself, I think
	you corrupted my ROM

You were the king of invective and pyramid
I thought flaming was what drag queens did
Barnum warned you about girls like me
I see your name and delete

You promised me an info superhighway
.gifs from AOL every day
And if you're offering me flame wars and spam
I've already paid.