Bill walks down the street,
He says, Why is the market soft in the middle now?
Why is it soft in the middle?
Selling OSes is so hard!
I need to keep the monopoly,
I've got a shot with .NET
It won't end up a protocol
In a protocol graveyard

Golddigger, Golddigger
Dogs in Redmond
Far away from ESR's door
Worship Bill, will we? Bill, will we?
Get the GPL away from me!
You know, I don't find these geeks amusing anymore...

If you'll be my enemy,
You and your GPL!
I can call you Eric,
And Eric when you call me,
You can call me Bill.

Bill walks down the street,
He says, Gotta get the press's attention
They got a short little span of attention
And this press release is so long!
Where's my developer community?
What if we die here?
What'll be my business model?
Now that my business model is ...
Gone, gone,
He ducked behind the podium
with some roly-poly little exec VP
All along, along,
They spun fear and uncertainty,
there were hints and allegations...

If you'll be my enemy,
You and your GPL!
I can call you Eric,
And Eric when you call me,
You can call me Bill.
Call me Bill...

[flute solo composed by Brian Eno and performed on a Mac]

Bill walks down the street,
It's a street in a strange world,
Maybe it's the Free World,
Maybe it's his first time around
He doesn't speak Objective-C
Collects no license fee
He is a foreign man,
He is imagining the sound, sound ....
of cattle in the marketplace
buying into his vision of The Road Ahead.
He looks around, around,
He sees better software architecture
Spinning in the internet,
He says Unamerican! and Communist!

If you'll be my enemy,
You and your GPL!
I can call you Eric,
And Eric when you call me,
You can call me Bill.
Call me Bill...