Amazon

CHO	In the time it takes to sing this song
	There'll be 90,000 books bought on Amazon

Websites up all through the night
They say you can order anything you like
Hits in volume so profound
It sometimes shuts the servers down

And the hiss of the modem brings the data flow
As another dot com makes an IPO
Now Borders' rise where the five-and-dimes stood
Somehow I get the feeling that it's not for good

I heard a man on the webcast say
Too bad small stores have to liquidate
Tough competition's the way to go
He's from Microsoft, so he should know

But this very same man, laments the loss
When the mystery bookstore had to close
Well he buys a book every chance he gets
So when his favorite shops close, it doesn't make sense

CHORUS

Heard about a man named Chico Mendez
Took on the robber barons head to head
Taught the mom-and-pop stores to stand up and fight
To protect the readers, and the ones who write

But the CEO's had their dough to make
They wouldn't let a single storeowner stand in their way
One day at his shop they took him unawares
Forty lawyers at the door for Chico Mendez

And the hiss of the modem brings the data flow
As another dot com sells its IPO
Now Borders' rise where the five-and-dimes stood
Another twenty years, they might be gone for good

CHORUS