She's More Connected

“I should have been born,” she said “in 1943”
“I like black and white movies and I don’t watch TV”
“I don’t text - I don’t chat I don’t see any reason why”
“If I want talk I’ll sit and look you in the eye”

Don’t call her on the phone
Until she’s back at home
Can’t leave a message there’s no machine

She’s more connected
Than you or me

“I love to talk to my grandparents I always find the time”
“They got stories to tell you’ll never hear online”
“There’s a twinkle in their eyes you won’t see on a screen”
“There’s no app for that their eyes say everything”

She needs someone real
Who she can touch and she can feel
That’s all her social network has to be

We keep in touch with people half a world away
But when we’re in the same room we don’t know what to say
Virtual acquaintances that we mistake for friends
When will it end when will it end?

“I should have been born,” she said, “when we had time to breathe”
“When we weren’t so dependent on this technology”

Call her old fashioned
She might be ahead of the curve
I say we could use a lot more like her

She’s more connected
She’s more connected
She’s more connected
Than you or me
Then you or me
Then you or me