the ballad of richard and gnu

(parody inspired by various attacks on rms, reminiscent of the outcries and album burnings in response to john lennon and "bigger than jesus"- all we are saying, is give freedom a chance)
   

standing at a talk in northampton
saying to give freedom a chance
the man in the back, said “i think you smoke crack”
then he turned around and half-dropped his pants

bruce you know it aint easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

finally made the plane into paris
dhs was at it again
peter brown called to say, “you can get there today
but paris canceled and the next talk’s in spain”

bruce you know it aint easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

flew from spain to rest in miami
not another talk for a week
and torvalds just said, “he’s out of his head”
i said “were only trying to make software free”

bruce you know it aint easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

non-free drivers are worse than the boston ones
when you interview with guys from o’reilly
eric raymond said
“use linus’s method
you don’t really need nothin’
but the goal” -think!

dressed up for the new saints of emacs
blessed a laptop still in the bag
the tech bloggers said, “it’s gone to his head,
he looks just like a guru in drag”

bruce you know it aint easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

caught an early plane back to boston
got the lemote yeeloong unpacked
a small group of techs said, “we wish you success,
its good to have the chief gnuisance back”

bruce you know it aint easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

the way things are going
they’re going to crucify me

 
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