To the tune of Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis.

You may think that I’m talking noobish.
You’ve heard that my software is free.
You may wonder how I can involve a cow
In every Perl script or shell script that you’ll ever see.

You’re not just cycles I’m killin’.
I’m no longer one of those guys.
As sure as I live, this software I give,
Is gonna be free ’til the day that I die!

Oh, Linux! I’m gonna run you forever,
Forever and ever, amen!
As long as ol’ Bill sits and talks about the business…
As long as ol’ hackers sit and talk about ol’ Bill!

If you wonder how long you’ll have uptime,
I’ll be happy to loop it again.
Oh, Linux! I’m gonna run you forever,
Forever and ever, amen!

They say that you’re not user friendly,
Makes a nooblet’s brown hair turn grey.
Well Linux I don’t care, I’ve got my man pages there,
And if my X session dies, I’ll use the CLI.

They say time can play tricks on the memory,
Make systems forget things they knew.
Well it’s easy to see, it’s happening to me,
I’ve already erased every OS but you.

Oh, Linux! I’m gonna run you forever,
Forever and ever, amen!
As long as ol’ Bill sits and talks about the business…
As long as ol’ hackers sit and talk about ol’ Bill!

If you wonder how long you’ll have uptime,
Just wait() for the break() at the end.
I’m gonna run you forever,
Forever and ever, amen!

I’m gonna run you forever and ever, forever and ever,
Forever and ever, forever and ever, Amen!