====== Stayin' Alive (alternate lyrics) ====== This song recently infected my brain and when I looked up the lyrics I was struck by two things. * A "women's man" with no time to talk. Isn't that a big complaint that women have about men? And it's so simple to fix. The "I" is soft or even optional. * The ad for a newspaper. Why? I'm sure it fit the beat and they didn't overthink it but overthinking things is what I do. My initial thought was something about social media and I landed on "technology" as a close word that fit the beat and current events. (tech•nol•o•gy) * I also asked ChatGPT 3.5 for ideas and it came up with [[https://chat.openai.com/share/52bbb1a1-faba-43b7-8c18-7b072c26e51e|some decent suggestions]] although it clearly doesn't know how to count. I think "**the city lights** effect on man" would better fit the vibe of the song. My tweaks are in **bold**. ----------------------- Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man: **(I) take** time to talk The music loud and the women warm I've been kicked around since I was born And now it's all right. It's OK And you may look the other way But we can try to understand **technology's** effect on man Whether you're a brother Or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' And everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive Oh, when you walk Well, now, I get low and I get high And if I can't get either, I really try Got the wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose You know it's all right. It's OK I'll live to see another day But we can try to understand **technology's** effect on man Whether you're a brother Or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' And everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (Hey, yeah) Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah I'm stayin' alive Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man: **(I) take** time to talk The music loud and the women warm I've been kicked around since I was born And now it's all right. It's OK And you may look the other way But we can try to understand **technology's** effect on man Whether you're a brother Or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' And everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (Hey, yeah) Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah I'm stayin' alive Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah I'm stayin' alive Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah I'm stayin' alive Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah I'm stayin' alive