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Comfortably Dumb
(This one started out as just an excuse to do one of my favorite songs. In filk circles, I enjoy having my friend Jeff Bohnhoff improvise the second guitar solo. We both worship at the altar of David Gilmour regularly, so it's a real kick to do this song. I am proud of how I retained a twisted version of the original song's juxstaposition between the real-world verses and the inner-thoughts-only choruses. When I performed this song for the first time in a filk circle, I was asked by someone with an English accent to explain the reference to "The Short Bus". I didn't realize it was a uniquely American practice. If you don't get that reference either, ask an American friend about it.)
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	Comfortably Dumb
	By Tony Fabris
	To the tune of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
	(c) 2000 Tony Fabris

Hello, system admin, can I help you?
You say you broke your password,
and can I help you log on?

Come on, now, you know the server's down.
So calmly count to ten
and you can log right in again.

Relax, the server needs to boot up first.
Your shouting just distracts,
and makes my head hurt even worse.

	You have no brain, it's self-defeating.
	I'll bet you rode the short bus to high school.
	Tell me, did you grow up in a cave?
	Your lips move but you don't know what you're saying.

	A five year old child can work a computer.
	And they can do it twice as well as you.
	You have no skills, you just pretend.
	I just explained, but you don't understand,
	now you just asked again.

	You have become	comfortably dumb.

(Guitar Solo)

	You have become	comfortably dumb.

Okay, just a little mouse click.
No don't click there- AAAAAAaaaaaaa....
You better find your backups quick.

Can you boot up? I do believe it's working, phew.
Yeah, this happens every now and then.
Just don't format drive C: again.

	You have no brain, it's self-defeating.
	I'll bet you rode the short bus to high school.
	Tell me, did you grow up in a cave?
	Your lips move but you don't know what you're saying.

	You wiped all those files without the slightest hint
	that it would make your system fry.
	What kind of mushrooms are you on?
	I cannot give you more support right now.
	Don't ask for help, you're too far gone.

	You have become	comfortably dumb.

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©2012 Tony Fabris.
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