Oh, the slide rule, on the book shelf
Rarely seen the day or light
Faber-Castell 2-83N
Novo-Duplex … ah … out of sight!
Ya know when that slide moves, smooth as silk, babe
Anticipation starts to spread
All those scales, though, cross the length, babe
So there’s nevah calculation dread.
Now move the cursor … uuh, huh … whoo … check the hairlines … uuh, huh
Pristine digits just oozin’ life … yeah!
And someone’s sneakin’ ‘round the corner
Hewlett-Packard causin’ strife.
A-there’s a gauge mark … huh, huh, huh … on ST don’tcha know
It’s for correcting the 5th and 6th degree
Oh that marker is just, not there for show dear
It’s for the small angle trigonometry.
Now, d’ja hear ‘bout global warmin’? The price of oil, babe
They’re taking all your hard-earned cash
And you spend time replacin’ battries
Could it be that electronics done their dash?
Now … Eddie Gunter .. . ho, ho … yeah … Willie Oughtred
Ooh … Doc Peter Roget, we are slide rule bound
Oh, the lines form on the straight edge
Now that slidin’s back around.
Aah … I said Eddie Gunter … whoa … Willie Oughtred
Look out to Doc Peter Roget, we are slide rule bound
Yes those lines form on the straight edge
Now that slidin’s back around.
Look out … the slide rule is back!!
