A foreboding story of a dystopian future where you can have anything you want via a world-wide computer network, but must sacrifice your privacy in exchange. There's richly produced stereo version also released as a single, in collaboration with the talented Doug DeForest.
lyrics
Cookies and profiles, pretty online forms
Endless encryption; become the new norm
User agreements that just use your good name
To take a turn in the identity game. Well, it’s a
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned
We want your, information
Information, please
We want your, information
Information, please
Email and password. Privacy pact
Give it for free, Or get your money back
Your personal habits, All are up for sale
This click addiction, it feeds without fail. Well, it’s a
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Well, it’s a...
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I’m pretty sure we’re damned
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Well, in the net, you betcha get, you anything you bid
But sometimes, I’m of a mind, to get it off the grid!
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Information, please
Mm-mm....gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme...
James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.
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