Lyrics Virtual Party - Peter, Paul and Mary

Virtual Party

It’s 11 o’clock in the evening — I’m barefoot —
And I’m logged-on to the INTERNET.
I usually pickup my e-mail in the afternoon
But on weekends sometimes I forget…
I yell down the hall to the bedroom, «Honey, I’ll be right there…»
She says «that's ok, dear, I got a brand new book here and
I’m not going anywhere».
A funny thing about a couple when a couple of years’ve gone by.
You don’t talk;
you think you know each other so well you don’t have to try…
you take for granted what you used to call enchanted just a while ago…
ah.when does a mystery turn into history?
I don’t know…
Anyway, I got another meg of data coming down the line;
A Wall Street profile… spreadsheet from a friend of mine…
Up on the screen pops a little green box says 'click on me'.
Somewhere I swear Alice in Wonderland’s callin'…
I look up at the clock (not as late as I thought: only quarter to one).
Download’s finished, I could take five minutes and have me some fun.
The invitation’s from a web location in Hong Kong.
It’s already started, this virtual party runs all night long!
I say all night?
We’re invited to a virtual party tonight…(you try it)
You’re invited to a virtual party tonight…
There’s computers in the microwave, computers in the automobile,
computers in the phone.
Oh and even my wife who used to tell me to 'get a life'
has got a computer of her own.
I spend so much time saving time I can’t find any time to spend …
I’ve taped sixteen episodes of «Star Trek» but when am I gonna show them?!
It’s un-believable, must be sixty, seventy people here at the party site.
Icons, Avatars, Images of Movie Stars surfing tonight…
Well I’m looking for a chat when I get a note that
says 'ya wanna go… to a place more private?
I kinda think you’ll like it…'
I say 'I… yi…'
She says her name is 'Mata Hari' and that she’s particularly fond of older men.
Well maybe so, maybe not, maybe she’s a guy that’s got this urge to pretend…
And then it occurs to me, I don’t need this fantasy…
after all, everything I’d be looking for, I’ve got and even more,
sleeping at the end of the hall…
I shut down the box, still it’s three o’clock by the time I get to bed…
I lift up the covers;
snuggle next to my lover;
find a note there instead…
it says «the book was dumb, logged on, found a message from Hong Kong…
for a virtual party (I'm goin' as 'mata hari') may be all night long…»
I say all night?
Oh, Oh, you’re invited to a virtual party tonight…
(what did you say now???)
Oh, Oh, you’re invited to a virtual party tonight…
(one more time now)
Oh, Oh, you’re invited to a virtual party tonight…
(one more one more one more)
Ready or not here comes the 21st century
You’re invited to a virtual party tonight…