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Runtime Error: Type Mismatch
Words & Music by Brooke Lunderville, 2007.
Suggested phrases for explaining to coder & related nerds that their love is unrequited. Now with correct spellings of all the ridiculous proprietary tool names. Thanks to my husband Joe and to John for their technical assistance. (I almost claimed to be a compiler for a procedural programming language, how embarrassing!)

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								Banjo open		Guitar capo 3
You're a Phillips-head bit and I'm a Pozidriv screw 		Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
We've got so much in common but you're stripping me away 	Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am
You're an ethernet cable hoping I'll connect with you 		Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
I just want a crimping tool to make you terminate 		Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am

	Honey, this will never work. 				G   Cm			E  Am

You're the wrong next block in tetris 				Eb  (barre 8)		C
You're a brand new etch-a-sketch 				Bbm			Gm
But I don't wanna draw a square 				Cm			Am
You're co-ax; I'm twisted pair 					G  G (F shape @3)	E
I'm an SML compiler 						Eb (D shape @ 3)	C
And you keep writing GOTOs 					Bbm			Gm
Whenever you're a perfect 10 					Cm			Am
I'm playing Sudoku 						G			E

You are Captain Kirk's phaser; I am King Arthur's sword 	Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
You're a sixteen-letter word and I'm a Scrabble board 		Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am
You want to triple word score but you'll never fit my grid 	Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
You're a pricetag on a sticker; I'm an ebay auction bid 	Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am

I'm afraid you're not my type.					G  Cm			E  Am

You're the wrong next block in tetris 				Eb  (barre 8)		C
You're a brand new etch-a-sketch 				Bbm			Gm
But I don't wanna draw a square 				Cm			Am
You're co-ax; I'm twisted pair 					G  G (F shape @3)	E
I'm an SML compiler 						Eb (D shape @ 3)	C
And you keep writing GOTOs	 				Bbm			Gm
Whenever you're a perfect 10 					Cm			Am
I'm playing Sudoku 						G			E

We run on different voltages and there's no adapter 		Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
I'm a herbivorous mammal; You're a velociraptor 		Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am
You stay up all night and I am strictly diurnal 		Cm  G  F  Cm		Am  E  D  Am
The chipset on your mainboard's not supported by my kernel	Cm  Bb  F  Cm		Am  G  D  Am

	Honey, this will never work. 				G   Cm			E  Am

	You're the wrong next block in tetris 			Eb  (barre 8)		C
You're a brand new etch-a-sketch 				Bbm			Gm
But I don't wanna draw a square 				Cm			Am
You're co-ax; I'm twisted pair 					G  G (F shape @3)	E
I'm an SML compiler 						Eb (D shape @ 3)	C
And you keep writing GOTOs	 				Bbm			Gm
Whenever you're a perfect 10 					Cm			Am
I'm playing Sudoku 						G			E

	I'm afraid you're not my type.				G  Cm   F		E  Am D
	Runtime error: type mismatch.				G   Cm			E  Am

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