It's late and I need to get to bed but I had to post this first, if only for my own information so I know where to find it later. It's an extraordinary blog post about software management and hits on just about every problem you are likely to run into as you move from being a software developer to being a software manager:
Why on earth did it take so long for this song to be a song of the day, I hear you ask?
Well, that's a good question. And I don't have a good answer.
Here's a tidbit from Wikipedia about this song:
Many of Morrissey's lyrics are borrowed from other sources. In particular, the title of this song has been a source of wonder. One credible suggestion has been that the title is a paraphrase of what Hugh Latimer said to Nicholas Ridley as they were about to be burned at the stake as heretics during the reign of "Bloody Mary," Queen Mary I of England:
"Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
And without further ado, here's the song!
And here are the lyrics:
Take me out tonight Where theres music and theres people And theyre young and alive Driving in your car I never never want to go home Because I havent got one Anymore
Take me out tonight Because I want to see people and i Want to see life Driving in your car Oh, please dont drop me home Because its not my home, its their Home, and Im welcome no more
And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten-ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Take me out tonight Take me anywhere, I dont care I dont care, I dont care And in the darkened underpass I thought oh god, my chance has come at last (but then a strange fear gripped me and i Just couldnt ask)
Take me out tonight Oh, take me anywhere, I dont care I dont care, I dont care Driving in your car I never never want to go home Because I havent got one, da ... Oh, I havent got one
And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten-ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Oh, there is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out
I had figured out some of the strange made-up words used throughout the book by myself (based on context) but found the dictionary *really* useful, and interesting - most of the words are derived from Russian words, it turns out.
This is a live version, so maybe (maybe??) this won't fall foul of copyright laws and get taken down by the music nazis. Look folks, music, writing and software should be free and distributed to all - it's as simple as that.
They did a nice job filming this, it resulted in a very intimate version of the song. Bonus round: lots of nice twiddly guitar bits!
Lyrics:
Come to decide that the things that I tried Were in my life just to get high on When I sit alone come get a little known But I need more than myself this time
Step from the road to the sea to the sky And I do believe it, we rely on When I lay it on come get to play it on All my life to sacrifice
Refrain: Hey oh, listen what I say, oh I got your hey oh, now listen what I say, oh
When will I know that I really can't go To the well once more time to decide on When it's killing me, when will I really see All that I need to look inside
Come to believe that I better not leave Before I get my chance to ride When it's killing me, what do I really need All that I need to look inside
Refrain: Hey oh, listen what I say, oh Come back and hey oh, look at what I say, oh
Stick: The more I see, the less I know The more I like to let it go Hey oh, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder And it's so white as snow Running through a field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go
When to descend to amend for a friend All the channels that have broken down Now you bring it up, I'm gonna ring it up Just to hear you sing it out
Step from the road to the sea to the sky And I do believe what we rely on When I lay it on, come get to play it on All my life to sacrifice
Refrain: Hey oh, listen what I say, oh I got your hey oh, listen what I say, oh
Stick: The more I see, the less I know The more I like to let it go Hey oh, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go
I said hey, hey yeah, oh yeah, tell my Lord now Hey, hey yeah, oh yeah, tell my Lord now Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go I said hey, oh yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now Hey, hey yeah, oh yeah
