It's near 12 o'clock before Y2K The regular crowd's getting thin There's an old Polly sitting next to me With a beer, and a smoke, and a grin.

He says son can you play me a reveille I'm not really sure how it goes But the words they repeat Y2K bug's defeat To rub in the doombrooders' nose.

Sing us a song you're the Polly Man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for "I told you so" And you've got us feeling alright.

Now Don Scott's another denial head He writes all his poems for free And he's quick with a poke or a doombrooder joke But there's some things that he'll never see.

He says, "Bob Brock, the suspense is killing me" As the clock hand ticks up to the twelve "If the doomers were right, I will sure miss my wife But you're not too bad-looking yourself"

Sing us a song, you're the Polly Man Sing us a song tonight Cuz we all need a flight from reality And you've got us feeling all right.

And Brad Sherman's practicing politics Just in case he needs Milne for a loan And he's talking with Cory, explaining his story And hedging his bets on the phone.

And the whole room erupts in a fire drill As the Pollys all choke in their beer When the lights all go out and they scream and they shout And say, "Man what were we doing here?"

Sing us a song, you're the Polly Man Sing us a song tonight Cause we all need a clue from denial heads And you've got us feeling all right.

-- Duane Schwingel (duane@mytalk.com), August 06, 1999

Answers

Please tell me that you are not a programmer who is supposed to be working on Y2K, but instead you are using your valuable time writing these songs.

-- Concerned (get@to.work), August 06, 1999.

Actually, give credit to Don Scott. The original version here:

Hamasaki does Billy Joel

Y2K Man Its nine oclock on a Wednesday The regular Doomers shuffle in There's an old man sitting next to me Making love to his gold coins and rice He says son can you play me a Y2K myth I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When I wore a younger mans clothes Sing us a song you're the Y2K man Sing us a song tonite Well we're all in the mood for a Y2K myth And you've got us feeling all right Now Paul in Virginia he's a friend of mine He gets me my myths for free And he's quick with an insult and a quote from the Bible But there's some place that he'd rather be He says Cory I believe this is killing me As the smile ran away from his face Well I'm sure that I could be a commodities broker If I could get out of this place Sing us a song you're the Y2K man Sing us a song tonite Well we're all in the mood for a Y2K myth And you've got us feeling all right Anonymous is a high school student Who's here only to create some strife And he's talking with DD who's still in Detroit And probably will be for life And JoAnne is practising accounting As the Doomers slowly get stoned Yes they're sharing a drink they call desperation But its better than drinking alone Sing us a song you're the Y2K man Sing us a song tonite Well we're all in the mood for a Y2K myth And you've got us feeling all right Its a pretty good crowd for a Wednesday And Paul Milne gives me a smile Cause he knows that its me the Doomers come to see To forget about reality for awhile And the newsgroup sounds like a carnival And my keyboard smells like a beer And they sit at the 'puter and put thoughts in my head And say man what are you doing here? Sing us a song you're the Y2K man Sing us a song tonite Well we're all in the mood for a Y2K myth And you've got us feeling all right

-- Hoffmeister (hoff_meister@my-deja.com), August 06, 1999.

I am not a programmer.... I just play one on tv...

and I forgot to use < br > that should prove it...

The credit goes to Billy Joel....

-- Duane Schwingel (duane@mytalk.com), August 06, 1999.

What was the name of that Jackson Brown song?
Here come the pollys 1,2,3
It's all part of my y2k fantasy
It's all part of my y2k dream


-- Butt Nugget (nubuttet@better.mousetrap), August 06, 1999.

Personally, I like Duane's version better...

R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), August 06, 1999.

Duane, my sides hurt from reading (sometimes with music) your great stuff today!!! You-the-man, dude!

Say, do you have a sister? Does she like to mudwrestle?

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.com), August 06, 1999.