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Guilty Pleasures (Coffee, Computers & Song)

from Coffee, Computers, and Song by Steve Savitzky

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True story: I finished this song at about 2am while everyone else was asleep. And if you think they're not _guilty_ pleasures, just ask my long-suffering wife.

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Now the wife has gone out for the evening;
The kid's fast asleep in her bed;
I head for the back room, turn out the lights,
New ideas racing into my head.
And I know that I ought to be stronger,
And I know that it just ain't right,
But my guilty pleasures are calling
And it's gonna be a long dark night!

I have guilty pleasures and
back-room treasures
To keep me happy all night long
The devil take wine,
loose women and crime
Give me coffee, computers and song!

Now some men fancy loose women
that they pick up in sleazy old bars;
Some find escape in the juice of the grape,
Some go racing in stolen fast cars.
But just give me a tape of old folksongs,
Black coffee as strong as it gets,
A hot CPU and a program or two
And a fast line onto the nets.

There's a two-meg stack of fresh net-news,
Some mail that I ought to reply
The last chunk came in this evening
Of a game I've been meaning to try.
Then maybe a round of debugging
There's always something else wrong,
If I don't fall asleep at the keyboard,
I might just write a new song.

Well the wife went to bed around midnight;
The kid'll be up before dawn.
I might crash at my desk about lunch-time,
But for now I'll just keep hackin' on.
Now some men fall for fast women,
for other the bottle's a curse;
For me it's hot coffee and hacking,
And I can't tell you which one is worse.

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from Coffee, Computers, and Song, released July 1, 2007
Robin Baylor, Joyce Uggla - backup vocals
Jordan Uggla - percussion
Callie Hills - pennywhistle

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Steve Savitzky Seattle, Washington

Notorious hacker/songwriter Steve Savitzky has been kicking around the Net since the days of bang-paths and bearskins, and writes songs of computers, spacecraft, love, friendship -- and sometimes all four at once.

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