Wagon In The Sand

by Alan Manifold

18 February 1999

(to the tune of Candle in the Wind)

NOTIS LMS!
May you never fade from our minds:
You were the craft that carried us
Through progress of all kinds.
Although we didn't choose you,
And though you caused us so much pain,
If we could do the whole thing over,
We'd put up with you again.

CHORUS:
And it seems to me you passed your days
Like a wagon in the sand:
Taking all our strength to make you
Move across the land.
But your traces will remain behind
In the annals of Purdue.
Your disk drives burned out long before
The love we bear for you.

Unfriendly by design,
No buttons, just LTPU,
You never made it easy,
No matter what we wished to do.
We cannot count the times
You brought us close to tears,
Nor can we say in public
The things we've thought for all these years.

CHORUS

NOTIS LMS!
May you never fade from our minds:
You were the craft that carried us
Through progress of all kinds.
Goodbye LMS!
A fond farewell we send your way,
As we voyage to the future,
With wisdom gained from yesterday.

CHORUS