When I find my code in tons of trouble

Friends and colleagues come to me

Speaking words of wisdom

Write in C

As the deadline fast approaches

And bugs are all I can see

Somewhere someone whispers

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, write in C

LISP is dead and buried

Write in C

I used to write a lot of FORTRAN

For science it worked flawlessly

Try using it for graphics

Write in C

If you just spent nearly 30 hours

Debugging some assembly

Soon you'll be glad to

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, yeah, write in C

Only wimps use BASIC

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, write in C

Pascal won't quite cut it

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, write in C

Don't even mention COBOL

Write in C

And when the screen is fuzzing

And the editor is bugging me

I'm sick of ones and zeroes

Write in C

A thousand people swear that

TP7 is the one for me

I hate the word "procedure"

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, write in C

PL/1 is '80s

Write in C

Write in C, write in C

Write in C, write in C

The government loves Ada

Write in C