Lyrics User Friendly - Ian Anderson

User Friendly

Do we inhabit some micro-space
And interface through wires
Dance on a printed circuit board
Throw the software to the fires
My memory’s slim --- so volatile
But I’m learning
Plug yourself in. stay for awhile
Un-discerning
And on dusty terminals
Finger me lightly do
And qwerty is the name of love
Printed on the v.d.u
Cut yourself free.
we’re all alone
Communicating
Don’t bother me with arithmetic ---
I’m waiting
User-friendly
That’s what I am to you
I have to break out of here
Trapped in my hardware cell
And come to you as you sleep tonight
Take you back into my hell
Binary joys and digital sighs
So appealing
I’m one of the boys and it’s only
Your mind that I’m stealing
User-friendly
That’s all I am to you