Cher has recently decided to make another comeback attempt, but instead of new material she decided to reuse
one of her earlier songs. She hired a cheap songwriter and told him to re-write the words to make it appeal to a modern audience.
Cher felt that a song about a guy whose girlfriend left him because his inept Information Technology skills allowed
her computer to be hacked would appeal to a younger audience. Her producers disagreed, and laughing, the comeback song lyrics were
rejected.
A scrap of paper found on a recording studio floor reveals these lyrics as her material for a second comeback
try.
"I'd do a cy-ber-crime"
I'd do a cy-ber-crime If I could find a way I would hack those Nerds that hurt you and you'd stay
I don't know why they did the things they did I don't know why they spread the things they spread Mal-ware
is rife - it can cut deep inside Nerds are like weapons they wound sometimes.
They didn't really mean to hurt you I didn't wanna let you know I know I made you cry, but baby
[Chorus:] I'd do a cy-ber-crime If I could find a way I would hack those Nerds that hurt you And
you'd stay If I could teach those czars I'd hack them all for you Then you'd love me, love me Like you used to
do
I'd do a cy-ber-crime
My world was shattered I was torn apart Like someone took a knife and drove it deep in my heart You
walked out that door I swore that I didn't care But I lost everything darling 'cept my swi-vel chair
Too strong to tell you I was sorry Too proud to tell you I was wrong I know that I was blind, and
ooh...
[Chorus]
Ooohh
I'd do a cy-ber-crime I'd do a cy-ber-crime I'd do a cy-ber-crime ooh baby
They didn't really mean to hurt you I didn't want to let you know I know I made you cry Ooohh
[Chorus #2] I'd do a cy-ber-crime If I could find a way I would hack those Nerds that hurt you If
I could teach those czars I'd hack them all for you Then you'd love me, love me Like you used to do
I'd do a cy-ber-crime (cy-ber-crime) If I could find a way (find a way) Then baby, maybe, maybe You'd
stay
[to fade] Hack those czars If I could teach those czars
