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Southbound Vertigo Parkway
(Words: Jöns Hallanaho)
Feeling like the King of America
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
The weather´s quite unlike the Antarctica
You´re never alone in Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
Seems I was the chosen prodigy
Writing code like sonnets by Shakespeare
Some sort of alchemy
They couldn´t even get near
The meek didn´t inherit the earth
The geeks defined the worth
“Go public, sell the shares, as soon as you can,
get out and go on, to the next thing, retire young”
Could have been the King of America
The weather´s quite unlike the Antarctica
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
Hung out with the digerati
Made me part of the glitterati
What could be a better vault, than
Living next door to San Andreas Fault?
In this random vein of gold
Trying to find a foothold
That´s the price, for striking it rich
After giving your boldest pitch
That´s the price for striking it rich
Should have been the King of America
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
The weather´s quite unlike the Antarctica
Even when the stars shine
You´re never alone in Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
Well, here we go…
"Changing the world” is our set
Selling jelly beans on the Internet
The frontier became racetrack
For the predators and egomaniacs
If you go away for a week
You turn, find yourself obsolete
You´re always keeping score of
Who´s making more
Under the truculent sun
I was the chosen prodigy
Writing code like sonnets by Shakespeare
Could have been the King of America
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
The weather´s quite unlike the Antarctica
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
Southbound Vertigo Parkway
Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Cupertino,
Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara…
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