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        A paraody of MJ's BEAT IT
         
    Sing this one to Michael Jackson's "Beat it"

    You're processing some words when your keyboard goes dead,
    Ten pages in the buffer, should have gone to bed,
    The system just crashed, but don't lose your head,
    Just BOOT IT, just BOOT IT.

    Better think fast, better do what you can,
    Read the manual or call your system man,
    Don't want to fall behind in the race with Japan,
    So BOOT IT,

    Get the system manager to
    BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
    Even though you'd rather shoot it.
    Don't be upset, it's only some glitch.
    All that you do is flip a little switch.
    BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
    Get right down and restitute it.
    Don't get excited, all is not lost.
    CP/M, UNIX or MS/DOS
    Just BOOT IT, boot it, boot it, boot it...

    You gotta have your printout for the meeting at two,
    The system says your jobs at the head of the queue,
    Right then the thing dies but you know what to do,
    BOOT IT.

    You always get so worried when the system runs slow,
    And when it finally crashes, man you feel so low,
    But computers make mistakes (they're only human you know)
    So BOOT IT,

    Call the local guru to
    BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
    Go ahead re-institute it.
    If you're not lucky, get the book off the shelf,
    But if you are, it'll do it itself.
    BOOT IT, BOOT IT,
    Then go find the guy who screwed it!
    Operating systems are built to bounce back,
    Whether it's a Cray or a Radio Shack.

    BOOT IT! BOOT IT!

 
    The Best of the Worst Country-Western Song Titles

    Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
    She's Got Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty
    Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life
    Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed
    Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
    Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
    How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
    How Can You Believe Me When I Say I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?
    I Been Roped And Thrown By Jesus In The Holy Ghost Corral
    I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life
    I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
    I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me
    I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart.
    I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
    I Wanna Whip Your Cow
    I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!
    I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win
    I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy
    I'm Just A Bug On The Windshield Of Life
    I'm The Only Hell Mama Ever Raised
    I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
    I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare Line
    If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
    If Love Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low
    If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You
    If You Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go And Find Someone Else Who Will
    If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
    Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
    My Every Day Silver Is Plastic
    My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus
    My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart
    My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
    Oh, I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See Through You
    Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
    She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft
    She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger
    She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart
    Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone
    They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out
    Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart
    When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walking In
    You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too
    You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
    You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat
    You Were Only A Splinter As I Slid Down The Bannister Of Life * You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly