Jeff Tweedy’s 49th Electric Dream
Woke up this morning
When the glow of the screens
Intruded upon
My pointed pine sea
A beep through the silence
Plucked me from the sand
To answer a world of
Electronic demands
I’m trying to listen
But these voices, so loud
Angels singing to me
From up in the cloud
(C1) God’s in his heaven
And we’re here below
Both Google and god
Now know where you go
Satellites watching
With thousands of eyes
Facebook notifications
When somebody dies
Ten-second stories
Self-driving cars
Your likes and your mentions
Tell you who you are
If you weren’t online
What did you miss?
If you aren’t online
Do you really exist?
(Together we stand
alone we fear
If you aren’t online
Are you really here?)
(C2) Swipe, tap, type and tell us everything
Add your voice to the song that we all sing
Swipe, tap, type and tell us everything
If you won’t, then what is it you’re hiding?
(C1)
(C2)