Written by Barry Brown

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

(Sung to Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash)

ITIL Continuity

Data backups not for me,

I don’t need recovery.

Bury my head in the sand,

Hope that things will go as planned.

My data centres burning in a ring of fire,

The CIO screamed as the flames got higher,

It’s your ass that will burn,

The ring of fire, the ring of fire.

I forgot the recovery plan,

Left it behind in the can.

Ran out to the parking lot,

When the flames got too hot.

My data centres burning in a ring of fire,

The CIO screamed as the flames got higher,

It’s your ass that will burn,

The ring of fire, the ring of fire.

The Business Impact Assessment,

So old it’s held on parchment.

Risk Analysis and Management,

Made it up as we went.

My data centres burning in a ring of fire,

The CIO screamed as the flames got higher,

It’s your ass that will burn,

The ring of fire, the ring of fire.

Moved myself to Incident,

From Continuity Management.

Matches up to my desires, 

 Cos I’m more used to fighting fires.

 My data centres burning in a ring of fire,

The CIO screamed as the flames got higher,

It’s your ass that will burn,

The ring of fire, the ring of fire.