Kludge: Live in Dallas, part 4

Tune 4, "LOTUS (Lola)" -- Was clearly the showstopper for Kludge that fateful night in Dallas, as it may have been the best-ever combination of musicality with parody lyrics that fit like the proverbial glove. (By the second chorus you can already hear audience members singing "lo-lo-lo-lo...LO-TUS...") What I like most about this parody (which originated mainly in the brain of Mike Azzara) is that this initial version was about AT&T's purported attempts to buy Lotus... when just a few months later IBM would pull the trigger on the deal, prompting us to rewrite some of the lyrics while keeping others as clear winners. This song has a parody lyric that remained my favorite throughout Kludge's history: "Mail will be Notes and Notes will be Mail..."

Lyrics below the MP3 player. Will post the IBM lyrics later.

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LOTUS (Lola)

I met him in a lab down in Murray Hill
Where they code all night and it runs just like Dennis showed us
S-H-O-W-E-D U-S showed us
He walked up to me and he asked me to sell
I asked him "sell what?" and in a background voice, he said Lotus
L-O-T-U-S Lotus lo lo lo lo Lotus

Well I'm not the world's most financial guy
But when I showed him the books it nearly blew his mind
Oh my Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus
Well I'm not dumb but I just can't explain
Why Notes sells so hot but Lotus shows no net gain
Oh my Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus

Well we drank champagne and talked all night
Lawyers were called to make it right.
He wrote a check and then he said with glee,
"Hey desktop boy won't you network with me"

Well I'm not the world's most greed-driven guy
But when I looked in his eyes well I almost sold off my Lotus
lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus
Lotus, lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus

I pushed him away
I walked to the door
He promised me more
He got down on his knees
I looked at him and he at me

That's the way that I want it to stay
and I always want to run it my way
Oh my Lotus... My My My My Lotus
Mail will be Notes and Notes will be Mail
This here mixed up muddled up plan can't fail
Or so will Lotus, lo lo lo lo Lotus

Well SoftSwitch joined just a year before
and I never sold such servers before
Bob Allen smiled and took me by the hand
said, "desktop boy gonna build you a WAN!"

Well Notes ain't the world's most hot-selling app
But I know what I am I'm independent and so is Lotus
lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus

Lotus, lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus
Lotus, lo lo lo lo Lotus; lo lo lo lo Lotus