Linux Administrator

VERSE 1:

Oh, Adam's got a new script
He knows you've got work to do
Filling up your back queue
He knows there's a ticket in; it's true, dude
But he won't give you access
He'd rather see you squirm and fight—that's right
Pulling out your hairs, staying up all night
Yeah, he really doesn't care, full of spite; it's not tight
Locking things down, making sure you can't share
Wonder if he's hurt somewhere deeper in there?
Maybe the power he gets from control
Is somehow connected to his soul? I don't know
Came to the interview, tiny green tie
I don't know why—such a strange guy
Saw the sign on his door, it explained much more

CHORUS:

He's the Linux Administrator
He's got all the power
He only doles it out if he's in the right mood

He's the Linux Administrator
It's more than just his personality;
He's really quite rude

VERSE 2:

Tell me why the ticket's been queued for so long?
I tell him this is crazy, I tell him it's wrong
He just sits and blindly stares
Runs another script and says he doesn't care
I head down to management
Really didn't want it to come to this
I escalate it from the queue;
Now it's not a request—it's something he must do
Then I finally get access; it feels so cool
Then I notice something kind of odd about the fool
His head starts spinning, he begins to melt
Is this the Wizard of Oz? What's he doing to himself?
I get it: he finally relinquished the power
It's my finest hour; he showered in remorse
Slowly faded away as I watched the penguin poster turn gray

CHORUS:

He's the Linux Administrator
He's got all the power
He only doles it out if he's in the right mood

He's the Linux Administrator
It's more than just his personality;
He's really quite rude

OUTRO

Check the faded penguin poster on the wall
Check the faded penguin poster on the wall
Check the faded penguin poster on the wall
Check the faded penguin poster on the wall

Linux users are like, they're also control freaks. They like to have everything run through scripts that they can automate everything with and they really do not like GUIs at all. Everything has to be done at the command line, and they want full control over everything that they do. Just like the administrators