Just take those manuals off the shelf
I’ll sit and read them here all by myself
Today’s software ain’t got the same soul
I like that old time COBOL code
Don’t try to talk about OOP
What are those objects supposed to be?
In ten minutes I’ll be out the door
I like that old time COBOL code
Still like that old time COBOL code
That kind of coding just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time COBOL code
Don’t give me .Net or php
C# and Ruby are not for me
One sure way to get me coding now
Ask me for old time COBOL code
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I’m old-fashioned, say I’m over the hill
Today’s software ain’t got the same soul
I like that old time COBOL code
Still like that old time COBOL code
That kind of coding just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time COBOL code