I Want Your Vax

(with thanks and apologies to George Michael for his landmark of pop-trash,
"I want your Sex")

(spoken, from the video)

In the past, there were arguments for and
against networked systems
it was a question of resource efficiency.
These days, it's merely a question of licensing.
it's as simple as that...
This is not a song about clustered VAX.

There's things that you guess,
and things that you know.
There's patches you trust,
and source code you don't.
There's cabling you hide,
and consoles that you show.
Sometimes you think it's gonna reboot,
but it don't and that's just the way it goes.

I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives,
don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines.
I've waited so long baby now that you're mine.
your warranty's over, let's get it on-line.

I want your VAX.
VAX/VMS.
I want your VAX.
I want your --- VAX.

It's paging out to disk, I'm swapping the console.
It's streaming onto tape, (unison) so why don't you just let it load.
I'd really like to try, oh I'd really like to know,
when you tell me you're gonna reboot it, then I say
I'm gonna login but you still say no.

I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives, (yeah)
don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines. (ooohhh)
I've waited so long baby, just to connect.
why don't we sync up, my wiring's a wreck.

I want your VAX.
VAX/VMS.
I want your VAX.
I want your --- VAX.

VAX, oh!

(solo guitar, or bass, or something)

It's digital, It's terminal (let's boot it)
It's logical, electrical (you will boot it)
It's virtual, but most of all ...

VAX is something we should do,
VAX is something that's not Big Blue.
VAX is natural, VAX is good.
Not everyone's got Digital, but everybody should.
VAX is natural, VAX is fun.
VAX is best when it's .... one on one.
one on one.

Whoo, VAX (I'm not a programmer)
Whoo, VAX (I'm not your manager)
Whoo, VAX (Talk to your sysop)
Whoo, VAX (I am the user!)

Whoo, VAX, Whoo, VAX
L-L-L-L- Log-on!

What's your definition of kludgy baby?
What do you consider functionality?
Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby
Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me?

What's your definition of kludgy baby?
What do you call functionality?
Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby
Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me?

VAX with me?

VAX with me?

mmmmm

Have VAX with me?

huh, l-l-l-l-log off!
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