The Password Song: lyrics and background

Today, I release the fifth music video from The Cautionary Campfire Songbook (Amazon (UK) | Amazon (US)), and the associated album produced in conjunction with Koit: Cautionary Campfire Songs (Amazon | Google Play | iTunes).

Today’s lesson: Keep your password safe, and logout when you’re done.

The Password Song

Actually, I should say passwords, plural, as in more than one; a recent poll suggested that 55% of adults use the same password for most if not all websites (source). This means that if someone discovers your password for Facebook, then they also have potential access to your banking details… but I figured that young’uns especially would care more about damage to their social life than their bank balance, thus the focus on the leaking of nude selfies in the saga of Peter and his passwords.

Oh, and in case it’s not obvious, I will mention here that part of keeping your passwords safe is making sure that they are not easy to guess. On that note I will mention that the 5 most popular passwords of 2014 were:

1. 123456

2. password

3. 12345

4. 12345678

5. qwerty

You can see the full list here, and an earlier list from the same source here. The first thing you will notice: the only improvement in near to 5 years is that ‘password’ no longer tops the list, and is currently in second place.

It also bears mentioning that if you are ever going to be away from your computer or device, lock the damn screen, in the same way that you’d lock your car or your front door.

THE PASSWORD SONG

Lyrics by Tim Ireland

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Peter went on Facebook and he chatted with his Mum

He didn’t lock his screen or

logout of accounts when done

Peter went on Facebook

and he chatted with his Mum

But he ain’t gonna chat no more

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CHORUS

Keeeeep your password safe, and logout when you’re done

Or your so-called friends will get online, and have a little fun

Keeeeep your password safe, and logout when you’re done

Or you ain’t gonna chat no more

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His friends accessed his Facebook page and posted all his nudes

They were racy they were sexy and let’s face it they were rude

His friends accessed his Facebook page and posted all his nudes

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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They got into his Twitter feed and messaged with his ex

Then chatted with her followers and pleaded for some sex

They got into his Twitter feed and messaged with his ex

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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They clicked through to his Myspace page but no-one else was there

They posted all his nudes again but no-one really cared

They clicked through to his Myspace page but no-one else was there

But he ain’t gonna chat no more

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A short vid of him shagging went to YouTube and to Vine

It ended up on porn sites where they thought it was divine

A short vid of him [bleep]ing went to YouTube and to Vine

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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The images on imgur went viral naturally

They tumbled out on tumblr just as easy as can be

There were front page links on reddit for the redditors to see

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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The story soon went global, it was clickbait news for sure

The people came to point and laugh and search his name for more

The story soon went global, it was clickbait news for sure

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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It all could be avoided if he’d only taken care

But now the world had seen him in his dirty underwear

It all could be avoided if he’d only taken care

And he ain’t gonna chat no more

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