Netscape State of Mind

loosely based on "New York State of Mind"
(with apologies to Billy Joel)


Some folks like to get away, but still they stay stuck in ASCII hell,
FTP wuarchive, telnet to The Well,
I'm hookin' up Winsock to an ISDN line-
I'm in a Netscape state of mind.

I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars, and I found their shrines,
Found a home, made a web page, put myself online,
But I know how to search now and I don't want to waste more time-
I'm in a Netscape state of mind.

It was so easy surfing randomly,
Out of touch with what's cool and what's new,
But now I need my Feed and MTV,
The Dilbert Zone, HotWired, Yahoo...

It will warp your reality-and it's fine with me 'cause I've seen the worst,
Don't care if it's PythOnline or some pithy verse,
I don't have any reason, I've left it all behind-
I'm in a Netscape state of mind.

It was so easy surfing randomly,
Out of touch with what's cool and what's new,
But now I need a place to think deeply,
Strange things, Kirk sings, The Spot, The oo...

[long piano solo here...feel free to hum]

Forget Prodigy, Compuserve, and America Online -
'Cause I'm in a Netscape state of mind.


Rick Wyatt - webmaster@harlanellison.com
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