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Original: "Money for Nothing" (Dire Straits)

Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it

You write the code that runs the WebTV

That ain't workin', that's the way you do it

Get yer home page for nothin' and your hits for free.

Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it

Lemme tell ya, them guys can code

Maybe get some backing 'fore they even have a product

Maybe in a month they'll IPO.

Custom config delivery

We got to install all of these browsers

They got to all speak HTTP.

See that little doofus with the glasses and the cowlick?

Yeah buddy, that's his own code.

That little doofus got a billion options.

That little doofus he just IPO'd.

We got to install Netscape Web Servers

Custom config delivery

We got to install all of this fiber

We gonna need a big ol' T3.

I shoulda learned to code in Java

I shoulda learned some CGI

Look at that web page, they got it dancin' right across the screen.

It almost looks alive.

And what's he downloading now? Hawaiian noises?

He's banging on that keyboard like a chimpanzee

Aw, that ain't workin', that's the way you do it

Get yer home page for nothin' and your hits for free.

We got to install Netscape Web Servers

Custom config delivery

We got to install all of these proxies

They got to all speak HTTP.

Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it

You write the code that runs the WebTV

That ain't workin', that's the way you do it

Get yer home page for nothin' and your hits for free.

Home page for nothin', Hits for free.