I flipped on the light, adjusted my chair
Not fully awake, I'm afraid
Logged onto my browser, but something was wrong
My usual homepage...delayed
With mounting frustration I watched in alarm
As that icon rotated in vain
It dawned on me, gradually
Something was wrong
I had no access to any domain

Don't tell me the internet's down again
That really screws up my day
I count on my connectivity
I'm lost when it's taken away
I'm a knowledge worker, and I need my tools
And big bandwidth's my favorite perk
When the network goes down, just don't know what to do
What the hell, guess I might as well work

I can't check the news, I can't check the scores
I can't check the weather on Maui
I can't even tweet, or write on some wall
Or search for my long lost friend Howie
I can't download freeware or MP3 files
Because of some technical quirk
When the network goes down, just don't know what to do
What the hell, guess I might as well work

Don't tell me the internet's down again
That really screws up my day
I count on my connectivity
I'm lost when it's taken away
I'm a knowledge worker, and I need my tools
And big bandwidth's my favorite perk
When the network goes down, just don't know what to do
What the hell, guess I might as well work

Well it's pretty near quittin' time...the network's still down
And I shudder to count the true cost
Of these technical glitches...the price is profound
And it's all opportunity lost
there were so many things that I wanted to do
I was thwarted before I'd begun
Though it's small compensation, at the end of the day
At least I got some work done