--- title: "It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/19/its-time-for-violence-a-song-about-databases.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/19/its-time-for-violence-a-song-about-databases.html" published: "2007-05-19T15:31:00" updated: "2007-05-19T15:31:00" tags: ["General Software Devel...", "SQL Server", "Songs"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "It's my pleasure to introduce the first \"production\" of one of my developer songs, which I've also sung at the awesome DevTeach conference. The song talks about my experiences working with a database on a project not…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases By Roy Osherove May 19, 2007 In [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel), [SQL Server](https://osherove.com/blog/category/sql-server), [Songs](https://osherove.com/blog/category/songs) **Historical article** · Originally published May 19, 2007; technical details may be outdated. It's my pleasure to introduce the first "production" of one of my developer songs, which I've also sung at the awesome DevTeach conference. The song talks about my experiences working with a database on a project not too long ago.. I hope you find it... familiar. This was done with CoolEdit pro, with about 6 tracks of audio, each recorded on my laptop, with a special Guitar to USB Cable I purchased. It's hardly production quality, but I think it's "listenable" enough for people to enjoy. [Embedded content](https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F477257040&show_artwork=true&callback=YUI.Env.JSONP.yui_3_17_2_1_1553293375316_2614&wmode=opaque) **Time For Violence** _A Song about Databases_ _Lyrics By Roy Osherove_ Hello DB My old friend I need to work with you again That stored procedure aint lookin' well Who wrote that trigger should go to jail and that index, It is slower than a snail What the hell **I guess it's time** **For violence** Man whoever wrote this code That bastard's gonna hit the road Now the customer is gonna sue Instead of red my face are turning blue and it seems like there is no way out of this there's just a hiss **I guess it's time** **for violence** I'm angry and I want a name That DBA should be ashamed What's that you're saying? It's ME to blame? That database was MY OWN sick game? 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