Lyrics
Intro brass stabs, spoken low and slow
Monday. Seven fifty-two.
One email.
One button.
Verse 1
I only meant to send it to Denise
Three little lines about the Friday feast
"Bring the good chips, not the sad ones Linda brought"
My finger drifted left an inch, and then it dropped
Pre-Chorus
The little arrow spun, the little whoosh was gone
And four thousand inboxes blinked on
Chorus
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The deadliest of buttons on the screen
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It went to every human in between
Linda read it in the lot, she read it in the rain
The district read it, then the state, and half of Maine
I only meant to whisper, and I told them all
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Verse 2
At nine the superintendent chimed in too
"Please do NOT reply to all," to all, on cue
A man in Tulsa answered, "Why am I on this?"
A nun in Portugal wrote, "Please remove me from this list"
Pre-Chorus
The server room was sweating and the phones began to ring
Somebody hit Reply All just to tell us "Stop replying"
Chorus
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The deadliest of buttons on the screen
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It went to every human in between
Linda read it in the lot, she read it in the rain
The district read it, then the state, and half of Maine
I only meant to whisper, and I told them all
Reply... All
Bridge full church choir, slow and holy
Please remove me from this list
Please remove me from this list
Please remove me, please remove me
Please remove me from this list
Spoken grave narrator, choir humming
By noon it reached the Space Station.
An astronaut replied: "Who is Linda."
No question mark. He didn't have the strength.
This is Worst Song Ever, #23.
And I have pressed "Recall."
Final Chorus full orchestra, twice as big
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They're reading it on submarines and trains
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It's written in the sky above the plains
Linda read it on a Monday, Linda read it twice
Linda answered everyone: "My chips were very nice"
I only meant Denise, and now I've told them all
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Outro spoken, one muted trumpet
"Recall this message."
It has never worked.
Not once.