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Boney Fingers - SHARE 1976

The work I did has been finished and "MVS is Breaking My Heart - Boney Fingers" has been relocated to its final destination.

Real Audio Test of Boney Fingers (.rm)

Lyrics to Boney Fingers

Boney Fingers - SHARE 1976

Boney Fingers - SHARE 1976 If it IPL's then JES won't START. and if it gets up then it falls apart MVS is breaking my heart. REFRAIN: Maybe things will get a little better, in the morning, maybe things will get a little better The system is crashing, I'm having a fit and DSS doesn't help a bit the shovel came with the debugging kit, REFRAIN: CHORUS: Work your fingers to the bone, what do you get? Boney Fingers, Boney Fingers The SRM is a turkey in disguise and the MF/1 is telling me lies START a JOB and the whole thing dies, REFRAIN: The memories won't communicate and ASM simply doesn't relate Swapping seems to be controlled by fate REFRAIN: CHORUS: Control Block structure is really a mess Who designed it Armonk won't confess Inbreeding and Incest is our best guess, but REFRAIN: There still exists a CVT But it lost out to the ASCB And where the hell is my TCB, REFRAIN: Address spaces are all the rage My TCB must be out in a page We think the architect's kept in a cage REFRAIN: I can't get dispatched, without a doubt, the SRM's in charge of the route, And he's got the APG swapped out, REFRAIN: REFRAIN: CHORUS: Once upon a time there was JES2 Another definition is you really get screwed When JES3 comes it will do it to you, but REFRAIN: JES2's there and they say it works No JES3 but they claim it lurks We suspect JES5 will be written by Turks REFRAIN: TSO is another big mess The System gets more and the User gets less Let's replace the sucker with TSS REFRAIN: CHORUS: With SMP they've fumbled the ball And PLS means you're taking a fall The system staff is climbing the wall REFRAIN: PDS's are really good files The PID has developed new styles The System now is shipped in piles REFRAIN: CHORUS: Our salesman tell us that it's all a breeze The conversion's done with the greatest of ease Our development doesn't have to freeze, well REFRAIN: But he doesn't mention with his usual tact The round heels we never seem to lack 'Cause he gets $4K to keep us on our back. REFRAIN: In IBM everyone is a brother Like most families they don't talk to each other And MVS clearly starts with Mother REFRAIN: CHORUS: Someday maybe they will do it right But not without one hell of a fight Can't we ever get them to see the light? REFRAIN: Whether Q or FS the result's the same Getting screwed will still be the name of the game And we all know where to lay the blame, but Maybe things will get a little better, in the future, maybe things will get little better. To obtain our input is the current ambition So we offer this critique of our volition Couldn't IBM learn a new position? Maybe things will get a little better, in the future, maybe things will get little better. CHORUS: CHORUS:

Real Audio Test of Boney Fingers (.ram)

Authored by Larry Keeran