Hyperconnectivity Blues

You tell me I'm your lover
You tell me I'm your sage
You're busy updating
Your Facebook page, and that's rude...

But we do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

I'd like to keep in touch
Find out how you're doing
But the medium's the message
Said Marshall McLuhan, and that's rude...

We do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

Sorry about the accident
Sorry about your gram
But she'll make a great photo
For the Instagram, and that's rude...

We do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

You like to be pithy
Laconic with your words
But twitter used to be
The language of birds, and that's rude

But we do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

You attended her funeral
You did not go alone
But you couldn't give the eulogy
You're playing with your phone, and that's rude...

But we do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

It's multi-tasking
It's all the rage
It's also, symptomatic
Of a desperate age, and that's rude...

But we do it all the time
We're sitting here together
We're also on-line

You get your news, I get my views
We get the hyper-connectivity blues...