Steve Denson
22 February 1998

(Pre Chorus)
Networking lords waging datacom wars.
Silicon insiders chasing microcode spiders.
Brokers with fees - real estate thieves.
Lawyers in tweeds packing patent disease.

(Chorus)
Winners embraced. Losers erased.
Dreamers get wasted - in the valley of screams.
Frustrations chase you - Illusions replace you.
Nightmares will waste you - in the valley of screams.

Got a plan - drive through the valley.
Easy money - venture and folly.
Next appointment - turns your fate.
Traffic jams the freeway - makes you late.

(Repeat Pre Chorus) ... Oh no !

Pack a lunch - avoid the zoo.
Everybody - eating fast food at noon.
At the station - there's a line 'round the block.
Want to fill your car up - so you sit there and rot.

What you face here - while you chase your dreams.
Nightmares will waste you - in the valley of screams.

(Bridge)
Too many people.
Too many geeks.
Too many assholes.
Too many freaks.
Wasting, chasing, taking, making money schemes.

Got a contract break - out the wine.
Easy money - if you make it on time.
The deadline - got you down on your knees.
Head on your keyboard - hands on your screen.

(Repeat Pre Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)

Dreamers get wasted in the valley of screams.
Dreamers get wasted in the valley of screams.
Dreamers get wasted in the valley of screams.
Dreamers get wasted in the valley of screams.

Steve Denson is a Silicon Valley emigrant who grew up in Muscle Shoals Alabama during the era of Lynyrd Skynyrd and other successful artists who recorded many of their songs at Muscle Shoals Sound and Fame Recording studios. He once sold his guitar to buy a computer and today he is a software engineer by profession and writes songs for recreation. He often plays at open mics in the Bay Area.

His influences include: Isaac Asimov, Beethoven, Jimmy Buffett, J.J. Cayle, Jim Croce, Willie Dixon, Billy Joel, Stephen King, John Lennon, Barry Mann, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Phil Spector, Charles Stratford, James Taylor, Stephen Tyler, and Ronnie VanZant.

This song originally appeared on Steve's web page.