Words copyright 1998 by Steve Brooks

Database,
They’ve got a creepy little database
On every member of the human race,
Database,
Till you’re six feet under,
You know they’ve got your number.
Database,
You keep on running, but you know you can’t escape.
There’s no place to hide
From being classified
In a great big database.

Database.
Got all your records in a single place.
You leave a trail that anyone can trace,
Database,
From your draft induction,
Up to your liposuction.
Database,
It’s like a photograph that time cannot erase.
Just like O.J. Simpson,
Got your fingerprints in
A great big database.

Database,
Welcome to the information age.
It’s Big Brother with a smiling face,
Database,
If the data store well,
Then you were right, George Orwell.
Database,
It’s 1984 in 1998.
You were a citizen.
Now you’re a specimen
In a great big database.

And we have all been hurled
Into a Brave New World
With a Brave New Database.