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ToughJobs vs. IronGates

from Songs for Somethings and Someones by Kevin Savino-Riker

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This was my entry for the Spintunes Round #1 challenge, "I'm a Marvel, and I'm a DC". I was to write a song from the perspective of a superhero or supervillain; I decided to write about an argument between two rivals whose characters were based upon Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

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(Bill:) I've been at this awhile
'Been thirty-five years since
I climbed from a BASIC passion
To a worldwide influence

(Steve:) I've been there and gone
And come back again now
I'm on top of the world
And I'm still climbin'

(Bill:) You'll find me everywhere
Opening windows and doorways
To an easier way to live
And I'm bound to find more ways

(Steve:) iDo what iWant to
Because iKnow what's
Better for you
than even you do

(Bill:) I'm trying to get
Our world in Sync

(Steve:) I'm trying to change
The way we all think


(Both:) Different means than my rival
Different schemes but the same goal
Different schemes and different dreams
Although we're not on the same team

And I’m gonna try
And I’m gonna have to try


(Both:) I'm trying to save the world
From being led astray
From a consumer's doomsday
I'm trying to save the world from you


(Steve:) Your heyday is past
So don't hold your breath
and you're turning blue from
Your blue screen of death

(Bill:) You're locked down and Controlling
Like you think that we're all lost
Yeah you make it look so pretty
But it’s at a hell of a cost

(Steve:) My stock's achieving
Unprecedented gains, yeah

(Bill:) I've already got more money
Than a dozen Bruce Waynes

(Steve:) I shine a Green Lantern
On manufacturing process
My products are so clean
Eco-friendliness rocks!

(Bill:) I'm not Waiting for Superman
Or for sanitized objects
By the way have you seen
My Uncanny X-Box?

(Steve:) I'm saving the world
F rom poor user experience
My offerings testify
That I'm a perfectionist

(Bill:) I'm saving the world
With product proliferance
I earned all this wealth
To become a philanthropist


(Both:) I'm trying to save the world
From being drawn to the other guy
I'm trying to save the world
Don't know if I can but I have to try
I'm trying to save the world
From being saved by you

credits

from Songs for Somethings and Someones, track released June 24, 2010
Kevin Savino-Riker: guitars, bass, drums, vocals, water jug

Steve Jobs: sound bites
Bill Gates: sound bites

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Kevin Savino-Riker Anaheim, California

Hi, I'm a recovering electrical engineer and writer/educator who creates eclectic music on the side. I gig occasionally, I participate in songwriting contests when the mood strikes, and he sometimes speaks in the third person.

He also really believes in bitcoin.

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