Internet Pie (To the tune of America Pie) by simALITY

Internet Pie by simALITY

A long, long time ago,
I can still remember how the Internet could make me smile
And I know if I had my chance,
That I could make those people laugh
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But the Legislature made me shiver,
With every new bill they considered
Bad news on the House Floor
We couldn't stream sports no more

I can't remember if I cried
When the kids online were forced to hide
Something touched me deep inside
The day their freedom died
They were posting'


[CHORUS]
Bye, bye to our nation online
Took my Youtube to a new tube but the new tube was offline
And those good ole boys will look at quickmeme and cry
Saying this'll be the day the net dies;
This'll be the day we go offline
[END CHORUS]

Have you read the IP laws
And do you understand the fair use clause,
As the USC decrees?

And do you believe that PROTECT-IP
Was meant to shield you and me
From the "dangers" of online piracy?

Well I know that Congress has power lust,
'cause they sure as Hell don't work for us!
But what are we to do,
Once the lobbyists are through?

We were a large and furious majority
With facts and figures and expertise
But we were not the ones appeased
The day our freedom died.
We were postin'

[CHORUS]

Now for some years, we were on our own
Though recently censorship has grown
But that's not how it used to be

When the modems sang in a low-baud key
We could share music and games openly,
And the things we bought were sold, tax free.

But as we came up through the age,
The Man began to build a cage
He could not stand to see
A free society

And while Linus wrote his great home brew,
The golden age was passing through
And we soon bid our dreams adieu
As we watched our freedom die.
We were postin'

[CHORUS]

Domain names smothered by Big Brother
Wikileaks ran for numeric cover,
Four octets long and changing fast
Landing on a snow-white screen
Assange was forced into hiding,
To avoid the fate of Bradley Manning

But the Arab Spring was sweet perfume,
For those who knew what to do
Time to B.Y.O.T.*
To Occupy Wallstreet!

But as the tents began to fill the field,
The government refused to yield
Do you recall the rights repealed
The day our freedom died.
We were postin'

[CHORUS]

So there we were all in one place,
The movement lost to cyberspace,
With no way left to start again

So come on, Reddit City,
Campaign smart,
This Congress needs a whole new start
'cause the Internet is freedom's only friend.

And if they pass this censors' bill
I know the net will go downhill
The network engineers,
Can do naught to interfere

And as our Congress works into the night,
Voting to take away our rights
I see Viacom laughing with delight,
The day our freedom died.
They were singin'

[CHORUS]

I met a goon who surfed the news
And I asked if I could post some tunes,
But he just sighed and turned away...

I went down to the onion net
Where I thought some highway might be left,
But my computer could no longer connect...

And as wikis went down worldwide,
The admins cried as the servers died
Domain names stopped resolving,
The backbones were dissolving

And the men to whom we owe this spree
-- Ritchie, Cerf, and Tim Berners-Lee --
They never thought that they would see,
The day our freedom died.
And they were singin'

FINAL CHORUS
Bye, bye to our nation online
Took my Youtube to a new 'tube but the new 'tube was offline
And those good ole boys will look at quickmeme and cry
Saying this'll be the day the net dies,
This'll be the day we go offline...