I Just Heard Some News

by Alan Manifold

15 December 1999

(to the tune of I've Just Seen a Face)

I just heard some news
I can't resist the urge to use
This funny twist
It seems Ameritech
Was bought by SBC and check
Out this, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.
Long before the ink had dried
The new boss said, "I think
It's time
We blew this ALS away."
And they decided that's what they
Would do, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.

Selling, oh yes they're selling,
And debt is swelling
For Green Leaf Ridge.

Green Leaf Ridge formed then
And had to call upon some venture
Capital
To buy the company
Which doesn't seem that smart to me
At all, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.

Selling, oh yes they're selling,
And debt is swelling
For Green Leaf Ridge.

When I heard the news
It made me glad we didn't choose
Horizon
Had we made that big mistake
This change of ownership would make
Me mad, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.

Selling, oh yes they're selling,
And debt is swelling
For Green Leaf Ridge.

Selling, oh yes they're selling,
And debt is swelling
For Green Leaf Ridge.