Get off that phone and drive!

jimistone

long standing member
It's been a while since I wrote an original. I am a blues guy, so I think I just need to stick to blues. So, here is an idea for a fast shuffle blues song:
"Get off that phone and drive!"

I love you darlin' but hear me please,
quit dialing with your hands and steering with your knees!
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to see you stay alive

You're pushing your luck,
You're gonna get struck and stuck on the bumper of a semi-truck.
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to see you stay alive

nighttime turns into a scary scene,
with your face in the glow from the cellphone screen.
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to see you stay alive
 
Good idea, nice lyrics. I'd like to see another stanza that explores the
possibility not for "baby" to get huhself f#@#ED up, but how the
technonarcissistic blather can kill others. After seeing some dude well
after dark on a busy highway in a completely dark car (no lights) illuminated from within
by the glow of his gadget, which he was peering into, oblivious to
traffic around him....

Let's hear the song!
 
Good idea, nice lyrics. I'd like to see another stanza that explores the
possibility not for "baby" to get huhself f#@#ED up, but how the
technonarcissistic blather can kill others. After seeing some dude well
after dark on a busy highway in a completely dark car (no lights) illuminated from within
by the glow of his gadget, which he was peering into, oblivious to
traffic around him....

Let's hear the song!

:laughings:
You mean a guy like half the people I meet on the road?
:laughings:
 
I have developed it a little more:

You like to drive and that's fine with me.
But I think its time that you hear my plea
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to stay alive

You're pushing your luck,
You're gonna get struck and stuck on the bumper of a semi-truck.
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to stay alive

You're bound to run into a tree,
texting with your hands and steering with your knee!
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
You're running off the road and I'd like to stay alive

nighttime turns into a scary scene,
with your face all a glow from the cellphone screen.
Baby, get off that phone and drive.
Turn your headlights on and we might stay alive!
 
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off that phone

Nicely developed. Very topical and great idea for a tune. Music coming soon? You
mention a fast shuffle blues...
 
Hey, that's great--love it! Seems like it could work into being a theme for EMTs or LEOs or ER docs who have to deal with the wrecks, large and small. Just saw some dude drive into the ( luckily grassy and flat) median of a major freeway, THEN look up at the #@$in' road. All surprised. Timely, topical, bouncy, fun. Great tune!
 
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