Losing My Connection
        By Tony Fabris
        To the tune of "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
        (c) 2000 Tony Fabris

Oh, the 'Net, is bigger, so big and new
And though it's not free, the links that I will go to
Addiction in disguise
Oh no, I've read too much, it just hung up

That's me at the keyboard, that's me at the web site
Losing my connection, trying to keep on the line
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I want too much, it isn't fast enough

       I thought that I heard it dialing, I thought that I heard it ring
       I think I can connect this time

Every packet, of every single download
I'm wishing it were faster, trying to get the data through
It's the ISP's modem pool, pool
Oh no, it's just so tough, the bandwidth's not enough

Consider this, consider this, the newest technology
Consider this, the tip
that brought me to my knees, pale
What if this A-DSL came to my town?
It doesn't cost... too much

       I thought that I heard it dialing, I thought that I heard it ring
       I think I can connect this time

(Interlude)

       But that was just a dream, that was just a dream

That's me in the corner, that's me on the phone line
Waiting on hold with Pac Bell, trying to get my DSL
Now they tell me that they can't do it
Oh no, I ask too much, I'm stuck with dial-up

       I thought that I heard it dialing, I thought that I heard it ring
       I think I can connect this time

       But that was just a dream, A, D, S, L
       That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream