LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES

I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend who's a night-shift admin Turn on the news, drink some cold coffee Maybe if you're with me, we'll do some online shopping One day I'll read the docs or learn Kubernetes If you pass the cert, you can beat the rest But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street I can cherry-pick the best from the senior dev I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Pick up a brochure about the new cloud Learn to ignore what the monitoring saw I was always told that you should join a guild Stick with the squad if you want to build I was a lonely dev, no sleep, no joy In a world of my own at the back of the server room I didn't want to compete, or push to main street For in a secret life I was a root access general I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Oh, I would I was faced with a choice at a difficult age Would I write some code? Or should I go on the main stage? But in the back of my head I heard distant keys Linus Torvalds and Daft Punk to a techno beat It's not a crime when you look the way you do The way I like to picture you When I get home, it's late at night I pour a Red Bull and watch the logs fight Turn off the laptop, look at a book Pick up the phone, order some food Maybe I'll sit up all night and day Waiting for the minute I hear you say I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Come on, baby, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would (Come on baby) Left to my own devices, I probably would