Zach & Simone

Lyrics by Cory Smith, music by John Mellencamp (Jack and Diane)

Little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone

Two unfortunate kids growin' up, without a smartphone

Once they had the latest, from the Apple Store

I'm about to tell you why, they ain't got 'em no more


Suckin’ down gigabytes of data each day

Simone tripled my phone bill

with no way to pay

Zackie stayed in his room

hadn’t seen him in weeks

Couldn’t make him come out

I tried several techniques, say a,


Oh yeah, life goes on

even though their cute, devices are gone, say a,

Oh yeah, life goes on

When they unplugged, their brains turned back on

We rock on


Simone sits back

reflects her thoughts for a moment

fluffs her hair

and does her best Taylor Swift

Well you know, Zach

we oughta run off to the city

But without Uber

we just can’t get a lift


Daddy said,

Oh yeah, life goes on

even after our precious iphones are gone

Oh yeah, he said, life goes on

he thinks we should clean, or mown the lawn


First it kinda stunk

missed their shows

couldn’t Instagram

or watch cat videos 

Then something shifted, in their attitudes

soon we noticed them laughing

and improving their moods


Oh yeah, life went on

even after their cute, devices were gone

Oh yeah, you know, life went on

and I sent my wife, this emoticon 🥳


A little ditty, 'bout Zach and Simone

Two lucky kids with, no smartphones