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You Dropped My Table, Baby

Tags - blues - 4:53

Song Background/Inspiration

A late-night barroom lament where heartbreak speaks fluent SQL - an inner join gone left outer, a deadlock neither lover would release, and a table dropped with no rollback. The oldest blues story there is, told in the language of the trade.

Lyrics

I queried my heart last night Searched every record, baby, under candlelight Ten thousand rows of memories, every one came back the same Every single record... points back to your name We started as an inner join, two tables beating true Everything I had, girl, had a match in you Now I'm a left outer lover, hanging on one-sided and blue All my rows keep showing... and nothing comes back from you Query of queries - I keep asking why Query of queries - and the NULL don't lie You locked me up in a deadlock, neither one would let it go Now you dropped my table, baby... And there ain't no rollback... no more I used to be your number one, first row in your ORDER BY Now there's a new WHERE clause, and it's filtering me by I commit every night, you roll it back Timed out on your loving... and no retry in sight Query of queries - I keep asking why Query of queries - and the NULL don't lie You locked me up in a deadlock, neither one would let it go Now you dropped my table, baby... And there ain't no rollback... no more So I'll sit here with the archive, of everything we were Run one last selection on a love... They say time heals all heartache, indexes it slow and deep But some queries, darling... Some queries run forever... while a fool tries to sleep

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