Rollodex

Has it been twenty years?
It could have been five
It could have been yesterday your
Body heat's still warm in my mind
Sometimes I catch a glimpse
Of the old landline
I can still dial your number
Am I still in the Rolodex of your mind?

Wooh...

We'd talk for hours
In you I'd confide
Your comfort was real I can't find that anywhere
With anyone anymore

Wooh...

So I tried the internet
With its digital shine
I casted a few dreams out there on a
Dedicated high speed line
Come to the shore she said the
Fishing's fine
And it was for a moment till my catch came in
You know that plastic ain't worth a dime

Wooh...

So I shut the screen down
And I went down to a long line in a big box store
I caught the harsh end of a bad mood from a cashier
She wouldn't say "Good bye, Thank you.
Come back again, you hear"
What happened to service or courtesy or pride?
Are we all so buried in debt
Has the heartbeat of America died?

Or was it just shipped overseas
In a streamlined efficient form of corporate ecstasy?
Or is it how they put the squeeze on
Here at home in a state's wide tax incentive scheme?
Or has it been we're under siege by the power elite and their lobby?
Is it how you feel "on the fence"
Knowing about the
Intelligence coming your way?
Artificial in name
Coming to take your job

Has it been twenty years?
It could have been five
It could have been yesterday your
Body heat's still warm in my mind
Sometimes I catch a glimpse
Of the old landline
I can still dial your number
Am I still in the Rolodex of your mind?