Standard (EADGBE)

That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc

 It's a method of conveying sound, it's square outside, inside it's round

That thing you're listening to is a digitally accurate

 Reading of the numbers that make up different sounds in fact

It's the most technologically advanced

 Sound reproduction known to man

A E (w/ slides up from D#)

At least in the commercially viable sense

That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc

 Every subtle nuance of a tune is made available to you

That thing you're listening to is a high-tech dream come true

 Technically it works with laser beams yet you can learn to use it easily

Throw your scratched, dusty records in the trash

 It's time to move out of the past

E (w/ slides up from D#)

In the profit analysis sense

Solo

That thing you're listening to is called a waste of time

 An inferior and overpriced product of an underactive mind

That thing you're listening to is a multi-flawed industry scam

 Devoid of any thought or heart at all

 It's the antithesis of rock and roll

But no one cares that a record sounds better

 Cause you just can't buy them so it just doesn't matter at all

E (w/ slides up from D#)

And that's common sense

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