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The Computer Controls the Tower

from Straight to Video by Rad Max

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lyrics

Kicking back in my high tech high-rise
Fully automated everywhere
Didn’t think I’d pay such a high price
The place became self-aware

Computer must have deleted
All it’s files on Asimov
Don’t know if there’s a way to defeat it
I gotta find a way to shut it off

Somehow we knew this
But we gave it the power
And because of our hubris
The computer controls the tower (x2)

Just wanted a little convenience
Sounded good when it was on paper
Don’t want to get erased from existence
Stuck in this Sky-Net-Scraper

Sci-fi stories -- we didn’t grok them
And we gave our data away
It’s a W.O.P.R. of a problem
Won’t take an AI to know we’re DOA

Somehow we knew this
But we gave it the power
And because of our hubris
The computer controls the tower (x3)

Pretty sure I head the toaster laugh
I think the vacuum knows kung-fu
The elevator wants to give me the shaft
What the HAL am I going to do? (x2)

Somehow we knew this
But we gave it the power
And because of our hubris
The computer controls the tower (x11)

End of line

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from Straight to Video, released April 10, 2020

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Rad Max is a rad wave dance rock band from Portland, OR. They were voted most likely to play the training montage song in a straight-to-video b-movie. In between VHS movie nights, this band blasts out ridiculous songs about malls, evil computers, and psycho killers with guitar-shaped drills. ... more

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