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Atari 2600 (w​-​JB of the JBB)

from The One That Ended His Career by Glenn Case

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Hey John I'm giving you a call
Because you know we're friends
Dude come on over,
We can play Defender or some Yars' Revenge
Be over in a minute so you best prepare to get charred
'cause after we beat Yars' again
I'm gonna kick your ass at Vanguard

Oh, do you think so?
Oh no, I KNOW so
Well, I'm the king of Donkey Kong
We can't play Raiders
'Cause my mom won't let you stay that long
but I've got a new game we can try out since you're free
No, I don't want to play E.T.
what are you trying to do to me?
Just 'cause you have the record...

Rich kids get Coleco
Eggheads, Intellivision
No one wants an Odyssey
Poor kids play outside
Mom came home from Sears one day
with the true love of our lives
Atari 2600 until we die
Until we die

Hey Glenn, come over, let me kick your ass at Warlords
I fixed that broken paddle
and I duct taped up the cords
Sure thing and while the paddles are plugged in
(I'll plug you in!)
(You wish)
We'll throw in Kaboom and then I'll double your score again
(Yeah, right)

Dick, don't even think we're playing Breakout I'm not falling for that trick I'd rather die before I try to break another brick
Hey let's play River Raid!
I'm not allowed to any more
'cause I cursed my sister out when she beat my high score
She beat mine too, the stupid GIRL!

Rich kids get Coleco
Eggheads, Intellivision
No one wants an Odyssey
Poor kids play outside
Mom came home from Sears one day
with the true love of our lives
Atari 2600 until we die

We're both in our forties
we both live at home
we still play the games we played
35 years ago
but once you find nirvana
why change the situation?
Atari is the journey
Atari is the destination
Om oni Dodge 'Em Om
Om oni Dodge 'Em Om

Doot do doo doo Doot do do Doot do do
Doot do doo doo Doot do do Doot do do

I don't want to play Home Run
Aw why?
Because it sucks
but Adventure's fun even if the dragon looks like a duck
well okay I guess but I'm getting sick of pitfall
(I can't believe you said that)
yeah I said it, got a problem give my fist a call!

You're just upset because you never earned your patches
you might play better if you clean those thick ass glasses once in a while
Well my left handed joystick's the pride of Atari Force
so screw you and your stupid scores!
no, screw you!
no way, man, forget you!

so same time tomorrow, right?
I can't... my wife says I have to mow the lawn
you don't even have a lawn!

Om oni Dodge 'Em Om
Om oni Dodge 'Em Om

Some of the information in this song is not 100 percent true.
The Atari 2600 was originally known as the Atari Video Computer System, or VCS for short.
If you had bought an Atari VCS from Sears, you'd be getting the Sears Video Arcade; More or less the same thing as a 2600, but it had a different name.
One of our lyrics mentions beating Yars' Revenge. That's actually impossible, because that game does not have an ending, unless you count the Easter egg thrown in there by Howard Scott Warshaw.
Oh, and here's something pretty cool! While you're playing Space Invaders, hold in the game reset switch as you power on the Atari for a nice little trick.

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from The One That Ended His Career, released April 1, 2016

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Glenn Case Spokane, Washington

I write music.

I listen to music.

I genuinely just love music.

I have a song available in "Rock Band" and that makes me smile.

Yeah, I'm the guy who did the soundtrack for "The New Adventures of Captain S".

I probably release too many albums, but I do attempt to find a good balance between quality and quantity.

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