ELECTRONIC DEVICES Electronic devices Taking over your lives Electronic devices Everything comes with a price Electronic devices You barely sleeping at night And when I call out your name You're like a deer in a headlight It's a Saturday night And I'm feeling alright I'm hanging at a party And I wanna get nice There's this chick to my right And her ass is so tight But we haven't spoken once Cos she's glued to that device Now the bass is coming down So I start to get ill But when I look up from the dance floor Everyone's just filming Even the singer's taking selfies Of herself on the stage I thought this was a party Not an internet cafe! E-lec-tron-ic de-ee-vic-es! x2 Electronic devices Taking over your life Electronic devices Everything comes with a price Electronic devices Always checking it twice It's like your dancing on ice And now your head's in a vice A virtual this and a virtual that A virtual kiss and a virtual chat The virtual world becomes a virtual cave It feels like you're free but you're a virtual slave I don’t mean to be preachy like original sin But I'd prefer the touch and smell of sweaty human skin Robotic romances and computer hearts I'd rather smell your old farts Than surf alone in the dark! El-ec-tron-ic De- vice- ee - es Now your gadgets Become a habit And you use it Just like an addict Touch screens and shopping websites I-pad, I-phone, I'm wasting my life But despite the tech revolution The basic facts are still the same Our food comes from the earth Our water comes from the rain We still need a place to live And shelter from the cold And when we are sad and lonely We want someone to love and hold Yes, take me to the forest Far away from the machines Where I can listen to the song Of birds singing in the trees Where I'm woken up by wolves Howling at the moon Not the beep of a computer Beeping in a soulless room E-lec-tron-ic de-ee-vic-es! x2 Electronic devices You're not living life Electronic devices You're living a lie Electronic devices Jesus Christ You keep checking your text Like you're hitting a crack pipe Electronic devices Taking over your life Electronic devices More contagious than lice Electronic devices You paid a terrible price When you designed your life Around your ... E-lec-tron-ic de-ee-vic-es! x2 October 2017