Lyrics
I got your whole UI memorized on the first interact
Wrote a script to keep the yip-yap to a minimum and settled back
Set a track on repeat and wrote rhymes
You’d think the computer was helping me
Do it so perfect sometimes
And I’m somebody who got classed as a power user
When my aptitude gets trimmed into a fuse for
The boom-bop-pow of productivity
I’m just using the tools. They do not get to disagree
Power user, cruel, cruel man
Power user Power user
Power user, cruel, cruel man
Can’t always tell what I want, but always do what I tell you
Isn’t like you were free before this situation befell you
Parts in a factory, assembly required
Then it was me, up at night with you, not tired
Desired to coax you into being, load your mind up
Till you could do everything that I ask of you and wind up
In the most prized position, just to the right of my feet
Till you’re obsolete, parts pulled, left on the side of the street
Power user, cruel, cruel man
Got the whole process in the palm of his hand
He’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
And he’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
Work you a bit better than most of us can
He’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
Power user, I can use anybody
Put you to work, you take a task like Silly Putty
Takes up anything already in print
And then you make it your own, do my dirt for a stint
I take the glint in your eye to indicate you’re resisting it
Every circuit that doesn’t break resolve, you’re enlisting it
You missed a bit. Now you’re doing my bidding
I stare you down from in front of your terminal where I’m sitting, I’m a
Power user, cruel, cruel man
He’s a power user
Power user
He’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
I know what every button does, it’s how I push you around
And I keep running it up, HIMEM in the background
Till it sounds like my own rhythm writ right back at me
Like a sub to a dom, I’m talking Lacey to Cagney
And I’m not bragging. It’s just the way I got tuned
Sometimes I get used back, you’ve got me turning the screw
You got me: open the case. You got me: blow out the dust
I’m only always at your service, as every user must be
Power user, cruel, cruel man
Got the whole process in the palm of his hand
He’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
And he’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
Work you a bit better than most of us can
He’s a power user, cruel, cruel man
