Matt Pless - Talkin' Information Blues lyrics

There's a plague going 'round in the world today Called the Instant Information Age With cellular phones and cyberspace I hardly even recognize the place But I bet I can find out everything I wanna know about it Now they found a cure for the TV set It's a little machine called the internet It's got a little window where windows pop up So I sat down to take a look and I started talking to it It's got everything from the latest fads To William Blake poems and personal ads When I think of all the culture I could've seen If I only signed off the instant message screen But it's the new cigarette and it probably causes brain cancer Now let me tell you all how each day ends I surf myself to see my friends People post comments and they all feel cool And the boys and girls all think they're beautiful It feeds your ego and your libido And everywhere we go, somebody says they know Somebody else who knows ya Come to Myspace and Twitter my Yahoo And I'll Google all over your Facebook Have you heard about the girl I've been talking to? Her screen name's "Roxy I heart you" She sent me pictures and swears she's eighteen I'd like to believe her if you know what I mean But there must be something in the water We arrange to meet on the street one day But I couldn't think of a thing to say All that came out was "LOL" and "BRB" and "TTYL" Turns out she wasn't old enough to have any real vocabulary Anyways so then I was MIA And if you wanna know something that's kinda scary We're raising a nation full of secretaries Who sit around all day and type so fast They hardly realize time has pa**ed Next thing you know you're 25 years old and can enter 250 words a minute with one finger And it's gonna take more than ritalin To save my fried attention span When I think about how the times will change And we'll all have computer chips in our brains Makes you wonder what's the point of being human anymore It's got immediate access to TV shows Ringtones, photos, and song downloads But when it comes to living, I can't relate Or walk or talk or think or wait I'll just sit here and keep checking for that e-mail Or that eBay purchase, evolving And now everybody's pocket's full With their very own portable oracle And I can't believe it's all come to this The whole thing's kinda ridiculous Cause we never ask it any questions We just wait around to give it another answer Now some of the people might be online part of the time And part of the people might be online some of the time But one day all of the people are gonna be online all of the time Rupert Murdoch said that You can be in my screen if I can be in your screen I said that