Name: I Want A Phone That's Just A Phone
Duration: P00H02M44S
Description: Not so much anti smart phone as pro metaphorical expression of the beauty of singleness of purpose in the pursuit of our desire for connection. A song in a traditional sense - a singable melody with an extended shape, rhyming lyrics, a verse, a chorus, and a change of pace - built around a wry feeling equally Tin Pan Alley old-fashioned and post-punk folk-rock fresh.

I Want A Phone That's Just A Phone

by The New Birds of America

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Not so much anti smart phone as pro metaphorical expression of the beauty of singleness of purpose in the pursuit of our desire for connection. A song in a traditional sense - a singable melody with an extended shape, rhyming lyrics, a verse, a chorus, and a change of pace - built around a wry feeling equally Tin Pan Alley old-fashioned and post-punk folk-rock fresh.

lyrics

I want a phone that's just a phone
All it can do is call you at home
If we are on the line when someone else tries to get through
Bah, bah, bah, bah

The kind of phone you can leave off of the hook
The kind of phone you have to look up in the book

I want a phone that still dials out
When the city's power is down all around
In your blacked out room clapper still rings bell
Hey my little Watson are you well

The kind of phone with no pound or star sign
The kind of phone that's tethered to a land line
The kind of phone with no display or qwerty keyboard
The kind of phone with no call history stored

Once upon a time there was a machine
That could make me rejoice
Because from far away it would bring me
The sound of your voice

The kind of phone you can leave off of the hook
The kind of phone you have to look up in the book
The kind of phone with no pound or star sign
The kind of phone that's tethered to a land line
The kind of phone with no display or qwerty keyboard
The kind of phone with no call history stored

I want a phone that's just a phone

credits

released December 16, 2022
Music and lyrics by Blaise Moritz

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jon Mychal at The Sonic Spa, Toronto

Blaise Moritz - Vocals, Guitars
Andrew Knott - Drums
Alex St. Kitts - Bass

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The New Birds of America Toronto, Ontario

The New Birds of America is Blaise Moritz and sometimes others.

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