Sung to the tune of Don Mclean's "American Pie" Modifications by Lemming.
A long, long time ago. . .
I can still remember how AW used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
I could make those Corsairs dance
And maybe make me happy for awhile.
But the EA suits they made my shiver
With every decree that they delivered,
Bad news on the front end,
New version set back to no end.
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about Kesmai shanghaied
But something touched me deep inside,
The day Air Warrior died.
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running to Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
Did you write the book of hate?
And do you have faith in DoK below?
If the rule book tells you so
Do you believe in the Bee n' Zee?
And can a zeke really pull 9 Gee?
Then you can teach me not to fly real slow
Well I know that you're an RR git
'cause you I saw you sortie in a Spit
you're just a milrunnin' fool
I saw you pork all the ammo and fuel!
I was a lone alt-monkey mo nanna' shmuck
With a flossy white sheep and a cargo truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the Air Warrior died
I started singing . . .
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
Now in 10 years we'll be with Hitech
While moss grows fat on Kesmai's t1 bottle-neck
But that's now how it used to be.
When Scavenger told about "diving down"
In a style we knew, a Mark Twain clown,
It came from the hearts of you and me
Oh, and while Moggy was looking down
The suits, they stole his bwana crown
The servers were all interred
No ping was ever returned
When Lemming read the Tao of DoK
Brat he screamed 'diddly you diddlying diddly!
And we made fun of ol' DeadDuck
The day Air Warrior died
We were singin'
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
Forties and Zekes in a scenario fight,
I grabbed alt so I'd get it right,
Eight miles high and Diving Down
I augered in just like a clown
And I tried hard to suppress a frown
Me, on the sidelines for the big showdown
Now the Leyte flames were real lightweight
'Till GB fanned the flames of Hate
Some people sure got fried
Defending why the Betties Died
But as the suits they tried to kill our posts
We just started up our own news hosts
And we kicked out those weak milquetoasts
The day Air Warrior died
We Started singing
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
"In just two weeks' we heard their boast
New version's dead, just like a ghost
And no time left to start again
So come on, EA be nimble, EA be slick
EA makes me wanna be sick,
'Cause money is EA's only friend.
Oh and as I heard him at the con,
I feared our game would soon be gone
But no evil marketing hack,
Could ever break our community's back
And as our flames posted fast onto their board
and they sent TOS notes to our horde
I saw Scav laughing like a lord
The day Air Warrior died
He was singing
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
I met a girl who flew the Zeke
And I said it's looking pretty bleak
But she just smiled and turned away
So I went down to the fightertown,
where so long ago I went diving down
But the web page said the host would run no more
And on the boards word warriors screamed,
flamers flamed, some seals got reamed
And not a word was spoken
Well VOX was always broken
And the Kesmai guys I knew the most
Moggy, BB, Mage and Dose
Well. we'll all meet someday and raise a toast
To the day, AW died
And we'll be singing
Soo. Bye, bye my Air Warrior ride
Flew my Mustang to the furball, but the arena had died
And all them squad mates and dweebs were running Aces High,
Singing this will be the day FR dies
This will be the day RR dies
<sniff> Goodbye AW. I'll always remember you as what was good in computer gaming.
J_A_B
