[Originally from CuD 6.32]

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 01:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: ktark%src4src@IMAGEEK.YORK.CUNY.EDU(Karl Tarhk)
Subject: "I Have Seen the Future"  (Satire)

I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE
Satire by ktark@src4src.linet.org

(Sing along with your favorite blues song)

I want to be a rebel
I want to fit in
in the new-tech revolution
in the new scheme of things

I will read Mondo-2000
and Wired magazines,
I will join a hacker group
and be into that scene

CHORUS:

I have seen the future
It is computers and french fries,
CD-ROMS, 3DO and cryptography
with a little mustard on the side

Crypto-hacker, Compu-rebel
Cyberpunk, yes, those are my names!
I am so bad..
I just can't believe myself

I am such a rebel
I write an electronic magazine..
I'll become so famous and quoted,
you're not gonna believe

CHORUS:

I have seen the future
It is computers and french fries,
Virtual Reality, 500 channels
with a little ketchup on the fly

I am so self assured,
well read and full of grace
that I have the need to wave
my degrees in your face!

I am such an anarchist
the government is after me..
for opposing Clipper
and drinking Chinese tea

CHORUS:

I have seen the future
It is Computers and french fries,
MUDS, Raves and Cyber-Sex
with a little KY-jelly on the side

A philantropist, a writer,
glorified and interviewed
worship me now, before
Uncle Sam gets you fooled

And when I retire
I'll start a consulting firm
In a month I'll make more bucks
than you'll ever earn!

CHORUS:

I have seen the future
It is Computers and french fries,
Interactive TV and desktop video
with a some mayo on the fly