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It's Dumb to Leave Your Smart Phone On

from The Song is Everything by James Wakeling and the Brothers in Law

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This poppy rock song suggests that we're all too obsessed with our digital devices.

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It's Dumb to Leave Your Smart Phone On

Ring ring, ring ring
Somebody’s calling but I’m not at home
I’m at the office or I’m out on the run
It’s dumb to leave your smart phone on.

Shush shush, Shush shush
The lights are down, and the curtain
is drawn.
It’s dark and quiet so the movie is fun
It’s dumb to leave your smart phone on.

We are vain and we are blind,
I hate people when they’re not polite.
I’ll call you up you can’t resist,
Pick up the phone before you cease to exist.

Tweet tweet, tweet tweet,
Chitter and chatter ‘till we’re bored to the bone.
Pop to the bank then it’s lunch with your mum,
It’s dumb to leave your smart phone on.

Try to find the pleasures and joys
In the cracks between the noise
Well listen close to the beat of your heart,
Cause if it crashes then it might not restart.

Check one, check two,
The show is starting why not get out your phone.
Shoot a movie you can watch later on,
It’s dumb to leave your smart phone on.

Twenty-four hours, seven days
Give it a rest why not put it away
Well take a lover or find a friend
But do it soon because you’re close to the end
It’s no point getting so enraged
‘Cause no one listen’s when the line’s engaged
It’s dumb, dumb, dumb, to leave your smart phone on.

© JAMESONGS 2013

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from The Song is Everything, released August 1, 2020
JAMES WAKELING: VOCAL, GUITAR | TIM NIKOLSKY: BASS GUITAR | SERGE DE LUCIO: DRUMS | ROHAN WALLIS: TRUMPET | NATHANIEL POYNTER: TENOR SAXOPHONE | ADAM GRECH: TROMBONE | HORNS ARRANGED BY JAMES WAKELING

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