Marc Andreesen's my name
And I sold out to AOL.
When four billion dollars came
and the shareholders said "What the hell..."
In the winter of '98
I found funding -- just a little too late.
Mozilla found he'll have to bail
to a sound file that shouts out "You've Got Mail."

The night they sold old Netscape down
And all the browsers went corporate
The night they sold old Netscape down.
And meanwhile back in the chat rooms they typed
"La la la la la la
la la, la la la la la la la...."

Back in Mountain View
Jim Clark e-mailed to say
"Marc, Come and See
They're taking Mozilla away!"
Well I Don't Mind a "404."
Or losing in the Microsoft War.
But I fear such a powerful force
with a software that isn't Open Source

The night they sold old Netscape down
And all the browsers went corporate
The night they sold old Netscape down.
And meanwhile back in the chat rooms they typed
"La la la la la la
la la, la la la la la la la...."

Like ICQ before me
They were too big to say no.
And like my brother CompuServe
I watched my freedom go.
The lesson is you can't live long
Unless you market to the clueless throng.
Stocks skyrocket on what the market thinks
And next week, AOL is "buying" Lynx....

The night they sold old Netscape down
And all the browsers went corporate
The night they sold old Netscape down.
And meanwhile back in the chat rooms they typed
"La la la la la la
la la, la la la la la la la...."