There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty fields in empty tables,
now my data is all gone.

I can't think of a solution.
No-one else can take the blame.
Wrote a complex DELETE statement,
but the WHERE clause never came.

There was data wrongly ordered
Thought I'd clean it up myself.
Soon the phone will start its ringing
I can hear them now
"But you're not trained in SQL!"
They'll stage an execution!
And I'm out of lemonade, as well.

Now the users won't forgive me.
There's a flight I should be on.
There's a grief that can't be spoken
For the tables put in "FROM"

Phantom users at the window.
Now I'll barricade the door.
Empty fields in empty tables,
"Daily backup failed" I saw.

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
Where transaction logs are stored.
Empty fields in empty tables,
Now I'm sunk this time for sure.